HMS Lowestoffe (1697)

HMS Lowestoffe (1697) was a 32-gun fifth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1697, she was named after Lowestoft, a town in Suffolk, England. Details regarding her career are somewhat scarce, but available records indicate she served in the English Channel and likely participated in various smaller-scale engagements and convoy duties during the later stages of the Nine Years' War and possibly into the War of the Spanish Succession. Specific battles or actions involving Lowestoft require further research to definitively identify. Her ultimate fate, whether through loss at sea, decommissioning, or sale, also remains to be fully ascertained from surviving historical records. Further investigation into naval records of the period is needed to expand upon this entry.