Selby was a fifth-rate warship of the Commonwealth of England's naval forces, one of six such ships built under the 1653 Programme (the others were , , , , and ). She was built by contract with Master Shipwright Captain John Taylor at his yard at Wapping, London, and was launched on 22 April 1654 as a 22-gun Fifth rate. She was named Selby after the victory of Parliamentary forces under Thomas Fairfax in capturing that town in 1644.
Her length on the keel was recorded as for tonnage calculation. The breadth was with a depth in hold of . The tonnage was thus calculated at 299<small></small> bm tons.
She was originally armed with 22 guns, comprising 18 demi-culverins on the single gundeck and 4 sakers on the quarterdeck. At the Restoration in 1660 she was taken into the Royal Navy and renamed as HMS Eagle. By 1665 she actually carried 26 guns, comprising 16 demi-culverins on the gundeck and 10 sakers on the quarterdeck. She was converted into a fireship in 1674, and subsequently served as a guardship. In 1694 she was sunk as a foundation (breakwater) at Sheerness Dockyard.