HMS Enterprise (sometimes spelled Enterprize) was a 24-gun sixth-rate (named Enterprise[1] or L'Entreprenante[2]) of the French Navy captured by HMS Triton (also spelt as Tryton[3]) on 7 May 1705.[4] She was registered as a Royal Navy ship on 1 June 1705 and commissioned shortly afterwards. She served in the Mediterranean and with Admiral Byng's squadron at the Downs. She was wrecked in 1707 with the loss of all hands.[5]
She was the first vessel in the Royal Navy to be named Enterprise.[6]
She was captured on 2 May and registered as a Royal Naval vessel on 1 June 1705. Her gundeck was 93feet with her keel for tonnage calculation of 79feet. Her breadth for tonnage was 27feet. Her tonnage calculation was tons. Her armament was twenty 6-pounders on the upper deck and four 4-pounders on the quarterdeck, all on wooden trucks.[7]
She was commissioned in 1705 under the command of Commander John Paul, RN for service in the Mediterranean then was assigned to Admiral Byng's squadron for the winter of 1706/07 in the Downs. On 17 May 1707 Commander William Davenport assumed command.[8] [9]
She was wrecked off Thornton, Lancashire, (near Blackpool) with the loss of all hands on 12 October 1707.[10]