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HMS Amboyna (1796)
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Harlingen (Haarlingen, Haalem, or Haerlem) |
| Captured | 23 January 1796 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Amboyna |
| Acquired | 23 January 1796 by capture |
| Commissioned | 9 March 1796 |
| Fate | Broken up April 1802 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | brig |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Armament |
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HMS Amboyna was the Dutch brig Harlingen, which the British captured in the East Indies in 1796. They renamed her Amboyna after their recent capture of Ambon Island. She then served briefly in the Royal Navy before she was broken up in 1802.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 337.
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