HMS Squirrel was a development of the standardize 20-gun sixth rates and was built at the beginning of the 18th Century.

After commissioning she was captured by French privateers off Hythe in September 1703.

[1] Squirrel was the third named ship since it was used for a discovery vessel with Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1682 and lost in 1583.

[2] She was ordered on in 1702 from Portsmouth Dockyard to be built under the guidance of their Master Shipwright, Thomas Podd.

[4] She was taken by French privateers off Hythe on 21 September 1703.