English ship Happy Entrance (1619) facts for kids
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| Name | Happy Entrance |
| Builder | Burrell, Deptford |
| Launched | 1619 |
| Fate | Burnt, 1658 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 |
Happy Entrance was a middling ship of the English navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1619. 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.
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. Antelope was then over 100 years old and was a veteran of the 1588 campaign against the Spanish Armada.
Happy Entrance was destroyed by fire in 1658.
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