Ten ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Scarborough'', after the town of

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: * was a 10-gun

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launched in 1691 and captured by the French in 1693. * was a 32-gun

fifth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal N ...

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

launched in 1694. She was captured later that year by the French who renamed her ''Duc de Chaulnes'', but she was recaptured in 1696 and renamed HMS ''Milford''. She was rebuilt in 1705 and wrecked in 1720. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1696 and captured by the French in 1710. She was recaptured in 1712 and renamed HMS ''Garland''. She was sold in 1744. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1711. She was rebuilt in 1720 as a 20-gun

sixth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and ...

and was sold in 1739. * HMS ''Scarborough'' was a

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purchased in 1739 and sold in 1744. * was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1749. * was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1756 that foundered in 1780. * was a 74-gun

third rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third r ...

launched in 1812 and sold in 1836. * was a

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launched in 1930 and sold in 1949. * was a launched in 1955 and sold to Pakistan in 1975. She was not taken over however and was scrapped in 1977.

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