The English ship Winsby (renamed HMS Happy Return in 1660) was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Great Yarmouth, and launched in February 1654.

[3] Winsby was commissioned in 1654 under Captain Joseph Ames (until 1660), and fought at the Battle of Santa Cruz (20 April 1657).

Happy Return took part in the Four Days' Battle (White squadron, Van division), 1–4 June 1666.

In 1685 she was in home waters and back in the Mediterranean, where she returned in 1690. on 22 April 1690 she captured the 32-gun ship La Vierge de Grace.

[6][7] On 4 November 1691, Happy Return was captured by French privateers off Dunkirk,[3] and was renamed the Hereux Retour.

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