HMS Dover

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Dover, 1804
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 38
Launched : 1804 ; Disposal date or year : 2 May 1811
Disposal Details : Wrecked in Madras roads: crew, except two, saved. Captain Edward Tucker
Notes:

9 Feb 1810 Dover, Cornwallis, [should probably read Akbar, having been renamed in 1806], and Samarang involved in a naval and military expedition to take the island of Amboyna, along with three Dutch national vessels, which had been sunk �, following which the islands of Saparoua, Harouka, Nasso-Lant, Bouro, and Manippa soon surrendered.

� One of these vessels, the Mandarin, which was raised, was subsequently used as a troop transport.

16 Jun 1810 proceeded to the Dutch port of Gorontello, in the bay of Tommine, on the northern part of the island of Celebes where they succeeded in persuading the sultan and his two sons, who represented the Dutch company, to haul down the Dutch, and substitute the British colours.

21 Jun 1810 arrived at the Dutch port of Manado where the terms offered were agreed and the garrison laid down their arms. Along with Manado fell its dependencies, the ports of Kemar, Le Copang, Amenang, and Tawangwoo.