HMS Java was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, originally launched in 1805 as the Renommée, a 38-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her in 1811 in a noteworthy action, the Battle of Tamatave, but she is most famous for her defeat on 29 December 1812 in a three-hour single-ship action against the USS Constitution.
In May 1811, she was part of a three-sail squadron under François Roquebert, comprising Ren...
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HMS Java was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, originally launched in 1805 as the Renommée, a 38-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her in 1811 in a noteworthy action, the Battle of Tamatave, but she is most famous for her defeat on 29 December 1812 in a three-hour single-ship action against the USS Constitution.
In May 1811, she was part of a three-sail squadron under François Roquebert, comprising Renommée, Clorinde and Néréide, and ferrying troops to Mauritius. On 20 May, the French encountered a British squadron comprising HMS Astraea, Phoebe, Galatea, and Racehorse. In the ensuing Battle of Tamatave, Renommée struck after her mainsail was set on fire. The British captured Néréide five days later at Tamatave, Madagascar. Clorinde escaped.
The British brought Renommée into service as HMS Java.
She was under the command of Captain Henry Lambert during the War of 1812. She sailed from Portsmouth in transit to Bombay delivering the appointed...
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