HMS Java (1811)
USS Constitution capturing HMS Java
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 France
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| Name: | Renommée |
| Ordered: | 26 March 1805 |
| Builder: | Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Nantes |
| Laid down: | October 1805 |
| Launched: | 20 August 1808 |
| Captured: | 20 May 1811 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Java |
| Acquired: | 20 May 1811 |
| In service: | May 1811 |
| Captured: | 29 December 1812 |
| Fate: | Burnt on 1 January 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 launched 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 crew of about 277 but during her engagement with Constitution her complement was 475.
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 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, commanded by Jacques de Saint-Cricq, escaped.
The British brought Renommée into service as Java and Néréide as Madagascar.
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