Royal Navy Service
In July Java was under Captain William Gordon, but had not yet been commissioned. She was commissioned in August under Captain Henry Lambert. Java's captain was a senior commander who had seen combat on a number of occasions in His Majesty's service.
Java sailed from Portsmouth on 12 November for Bombay to deliver the appointed Governor, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, and his staff with their baggage, and naval stores (including copper plates for Cornwallis, then under construction at Bomba, and plans for a new ship, the Trincomalee, whose construction was thus delayed). She was carrying additional personnel for other ships at the time and included another Royal Navy commander in transit.
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