HMS Java

Captured

French Navy, then Royal Navy

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	38
War	War of 1812

Service

to 1811	Renommée	France
from 1811	Java Captured at the Battle of Tamatave	Britain

French frigate Renommée, launched in 1808 and taken at the Battle of Tamatave off Madagascar in May 1811. Sailing for Bombay with Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, the new governor, she met Constitution off Brazil on 29 December 1812. Dismasted, with Captain Henry Lambert mortally wounded, she struck, and was burned on 1 January 1813 as not worth taking home.

Capture of the HMS Java Drawn & Etched by N. Pocock, from a Sketch by Lieut. Buchanan / Engraved by R. & D. Havell / Published by Messrs. Boydell & Co. Photo: Drawn & Etched by N. Pocock, from a Sketch by Lieut. Buchanan / Engraved by R. & D. Havell / Published by Messrs. Boydell & Co., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

28 × 18-pounder guns
2 × 12-pounder guns
18 × 32-pounder carronades
1 × 24-pounder carronade

Builder	Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Nantes
Laid down	October 1805
Launched	20 August 1808
Length	152 ft 5+1⁄2 in (46.5 m) (gundeck); 126 ft 5+1⁄2 in (38.5 m) (keel)
Complement	397

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

20 August 1808

USS Constitution vs HMS Java

Captured

29 December 1812

Henry Lambert, mortally wounded; struck and burned

Fate

Captured

Burnt on 1 January 1813