An item reported the departure from Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 4th February by the British HMS Samarang commanded by J. Eagleson.(1)
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1. Sloop, built 1781 in England, bought by the Dutch navy in 1785, rebuilt by P. Glavimans at naval yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands 1789, captured as Dutch Psyche 1 September 1807, commissioned as the Scipio, renamed Samarang circa 1808, sold 1814, dimensions 122 x 30 x 17¼ Dutch feet, 408 tons builders measurement, 18 guns.
