HMS Java

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Java, 1806
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 32
Launched : Taken 18 Oct 1806 ; Disposal date or year : 1807
Disposal Details : Foundered, with Blenheim crew perished. Captain George Pigot
Notes:

18 Oct 1806 took possession of the Dutch 14-gun brig Zeerop and captured the Dutch 36-gun frigate Maria-Riggersbergen, subsequently accepted into the Service as the Java.

1 - 3 Feb 1807 extract from the log of the Harrier, when she experienced the effects of a hurricane in the Indian Ocean, and which includes the last reported sightings of the Blenheim and Java which were presumed lost in this storm.