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English navy ship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Happy Entrance[Note 1] was a middling ship of the English navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1619.[1] King James I originally named the ship Buckingham's Entrance to mark the appointment of his favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, as Lord High Admiral of England. But she was subsequently renamed.[2]
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Name | Happy Entrance |
Builder | Burrell, Deptford |
Launched | 1619 |
Fate | Burnt, 1658 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Middling ship |
Length | 96 ft (29 m) (keel) |
Beam | 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
During the Second English Civil War she served on the side of Parliament under the command of Richard Badiley. In April 1649, a party of seamen from Happy Entrance captured and burnt the Royalist ship Antelope at Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands.[3] Antelope was then over 100 years old and was a veteran of the 1588 campaign against the Spanish Armada.[4]
Happy Entrance was present at the Battle of the Gabbard on the 2-3 June 1653, as part of the Blue Squadron. She was under the command of Captain Richard Newbery.
Happy Entrance was destroyed by fire in 1658.[1]
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