Construction
She was ordered on 21 August 1711 from Portsmouth Dockyard to be built under the guidance of Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Portsmouth. She was launched on 13 February 1712. She was completed on 4 May 1712 at an initial cost of £1,869.17.53/4A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money.Commissioned Service
She was commissioned in 1712 under the command of Captain James Dalzell, RN. Captain Dalzell was killed in action with a privateer on 14 September 1712 and Captain William Basille, RN took command. In January 1713 Captain Hercules Baker, RN took command. Later in 1713 Captain Charles Arundel, RN the took command followed by Captain Joseph Soanes, RN in 1715 for service in the Leeward Islands. She returned to Home Waters in 1716 for a small repair at Deptford from September to December 1716 at a cost of £1,302.12.9d.A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money. She was under the command of Captain Thomas Willyams, RN in 1717 for service in the North Sea and Baltic. Captain William Martin, RN. Sailed to Newfoundland in 1719. CaptainRebuild at Deptford 1725 - 1727
She was dismantled at Deptford in preparation for rebuilding as a 374 tom 20-gun sixth rate under the guidance of Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Deptford. She was launched on 7 October 1727. The dimensions after rebuild were gundeck with a keel length of for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be with a depth of hold of . The tonnage calculation would be 37445/94 tons. The gun armament as established in 1713 would be twenty 6-pounder 19 hundredweight (cwt) guns mounted on wooden trucks. She was completed for sea on 30 November 1727 at a cost of £3,953.14.0dA total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money. including fitting.Commissioned Service after Rebuild
She was commissioned in 1728 under the command of Captain Ambrose Saunders, RN for service in Ireland. Captain Saunders died on 6 March 1731. She was fitted at Sheerness for service in the West Indies in June 1731. After her fitting was complete she was commissioned under Captain Edward Baker for service in the Leeward Islands. She returned home and paid off in January 1734. She underwent a middling repair and refitted at Sheerness for £1,928.1.1dA total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money. from March 1734 to February 1735. After completion, she was commissioned under Captain James Compton, RN for service at Georgia. She returned home and paid off on 9 December 1738. Upon her return she underwent a great repair at Deptford for £5,033.18.3dA total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money. from March thru November 1739. She recommissioned in October 1739 under Captain William Cleland, RN. Captain Thomas Limeburner, RN took command in July 1740 and sailed with Ogle's Squadron to the West Indies arriving in November 1740. In May 1741 she was under Captain Edward Allen, RN, in May 1742 Captain Thorpe Fowke, RN then in 1745 under Captain John Simcoe, RN all for service at Jamaica. She participated in Mitchell's encounter with Conflans between 4 and 13 August 1746. She returned home in 1747.Disposition
''HMS Seahorse'' was sold by Admiralty Order (AO) 1 December 1747 to Mr Milward for £5,033.18.3dA total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money. on 28 July 1748.Winfield 2007Notes
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