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Thursday 23 April 2015

British 5th rate HMS Hussar bound for Macassar, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Java Government Gazette dated 29 February 1812

An item reported the British warship HMS Hussar lying off Sidayo bound for Macassar ordered to transport the James Drummond with a detachment of troops embarked for the last destination.(1)

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1. 5th Rate, launched at the shipyard of Adams, Buckler’s Hard on 23 April 1807, target in June 1861 and accidentally burnt at Shoeburyness in 1861, with an armament of 38 guns.