HMS Java

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Java.

• The first Java was a 32 gun 5th rate captured from the Dutch in 1806. The ship ran aground the next year.
• The second Java was a 38 gun 5th rate captured from the French in 1811. In 1812 the ship was captured in turn from the RN by the American vessel USS Constitution.
• The third Java was a 52 gun 4th rate built at Plymouth Dockyard. Unlike its namesakes, this vessel had a long RN career, being broken up in 1862.

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