She spent her early career in expeditions as far as West Indies, Cadiz and the Azores.

She later was assigned to the Channel Guard during two more attempts by Philip II of Spain to invade England.

She would spend the rest of her time in Home Waters, mainly the English Channel and North Sea.

[2] She was built on the Thames at Deptford Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Matthew Baker.

In 1602 she was under Captain Sackville Trevor with Sir Richard Leveson's Squadron in an attack on Cezimbra on 3 June 1602.

Ayear later on 30 March 1636 she was under command of Captain Thomas Price sailing with Northumberland's Fleet in the Channel.