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HBMS Happy Entrance (1619)

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Happy Entrance, 28 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1619/04/20 B164
Launched 1619/11/08 B028
Shipyard Deptford DY B065
Master Shipbuilder William Burrell B164
Rate Third Rate
Type Middling Ship
Out Service 1658/09/28 B028
Fate Burnt B065
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 96' 0" Imperial Feet 29.26
Breadth 32' 2" Imperial Feet 9.8
Depth in Hold 13' 1" Imperial Feet 3.99
Burthen 580 Tons BM
B028   Type Metric
Burthen 540 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 96' 0" Imperial Feet 29.26
Breadth 32' 2" Imperial Feet 9.8
Depth in Hold 14' 0" Imperial Feet 4.27
Burthen 404 Baker's Rule Tons
Burthen 540 Tons and Tonnage
Burthen 53934/94 Tons BM
Armament
1625 B065 Broadside Weight = 121
Gun Deck 4 British Culverin
Gun Deck 12 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 10 British Saker
Gun Deck 2 British Minions
Gun Deck 4 British Fowler
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1625 200 130 Mariners, 20 Gunners and 50 soldiers B065
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1623 1624 Post Captain Richard Bingley B164
1625 1626 Post Captain Henry Palmer B164
1627 1627 Post Captain Henry Melvyn B164
1628 1628 Post Captain Edward Harvey B164
1636 1636 Post Captain George Carteret B164
1638 1638 Post Captain Richard Fogge B164
1640 1641 Post Captain Robert Slingsby B164
1642 1642 Post Captain Richard Owen B164
1643 1643 Post Captain John Bowen B164
1644 1644 Post Captain Benjamin Crandley B164
1644 1645/06 Post Captain William Smith B164
1645/03 1645/03 Post Captain William Penn B164
1645/04 1647 Post Captain John Crowther B164
1647 1647/10 Post Captain John Bowen B164
1647/10 1648 Post Captain Thomas Rainsborough B164
1649 1650 Post Captain Richard Badiley B164
1651 1652 Post Captain John Coppin B164
1652 1652/12 Post Captain Edmund Chapman B164
1653/01/23 1653/04 Post Captain William Goodson W031
1653/04 1653/07 Post Captain Richard Newberry B164
1653/07 1654 Post Captain Anthony Tucker B164
1655 1657 Post Captain John Hayward B164
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1623 "in the Narrow Seas" operating against pirates B164
1633 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 34 guns  
1636 In the Channel B164
1642 In the Channel B164
1643 In the Channel B164
1645/02 Present at the capture of Cardiff castle B164
1647 In the Downs B164
1649 Present at Blockade of Kinsale  
1650 Present at Blockade of the Tagus  
1651 Summer guard - In the area from the Downs to the Isle of Wight W014
1651 Operastions against Royalist strongholds in the Channel Islands B164
1652 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 40 guns  
1652/05/29 Present at the Battle of Dover  
1652/11/30 Present at the Battle of Dungeness  
1653/02/18 Present at the Battle of Portland  
1653/06/02 Present at the Battle of the Gabbard  
1658/09/28 Burnt by accident at Chatham B164
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Summer Guard of 1642 John Pennington 1642/00/00 1642/00/00
Winter Guard of 1646 1646/00/00 1646/00/00
Fleet sent to Lisbon General at Sea Robert Blake 1650/02/14 1652/00/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1649 Blockade of Kinsale
1650 Blockade of the Tagus
1652/05/29 Battle of Dover
1652/11/30 Battle of Dungeness
1653/02/18 Battle of Portland
1653/06/02 Battle of the Gabbard
Notes on Ship
Captain disciplined
Edmund Chapman was one of four captains disciplined for not fighting hard enough after the Battle of Dungeness
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press
W014 Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOG James C Bender

Last Updated :2009/08/26 at 09:24:12 by Cy

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