HMS Java (1811)
The capture of HMS Java by USS Constitution, drawn by Nicholas Pocock | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Renommée |
| Builder | Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Nantes Ship ordered=26 March 1805 |
| Laid down | October 1805 |
| Launched | 20 August 1808 |
| Captured | 20 May 1811 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Java |
| Acquired | 20 May 1811 |
| In service | May 1811 |
| Captured | 29 December 1812 |
| Fate | Burnt on 1 January 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Pallas-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1073 41⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 152 ft 5+1⁄2 in (46.5 m) (gundeck); 126 ft 5+1⁄2 in (38.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 39 ft 11+3⁄8 in (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 397 |
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HMS Java was a British Royal Navy 38-gun fifth-rate frigate. She was originally laid down in 1805 as Renommée, described as a 40-gun Pallas-class French Navy frigate, but the vessel actually carried 46 guns. The British captured her in 1811 in a noteworthy action during the Battle of Tamatave, but she is most famous for her defeat on 29 December 1812 in a three-hour single-ship action against USS Constitution. Java had a complement of about 277, but during her engagement with Constitution she allegedly had 426 aboard, in comparison with her opponent's 475.