HMS ''Celebes'' was the Dutch or
Batavian Republic
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frigate ''Pallas'', under the command of Captain N.S. Aalbers, that the
frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
and
brig-sloop captured on 26 July 1806 in the East Indies.
In the battle with the British vessels, casualties on ''Pallas'' were heavy, with eight men killed outright and 32 wounded, including Aalbers and three of his lieutenants. Six of the wounded later died, including Aalbers. British losses by contrast were light, with one man killed and eight wounded on ''Greyhound'' and just three wounded on ''Harrier''.
The British took her into service as HMS ''Makassar'' (or ''Macassa''), but renamed her within the year to ''Celebes''. Commander
Edward Troubridge
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, formerly of ''Harrier'', became her first British captain. Commander William Wilbraham succeeded him. In 1807 she came under the command of Captain William Pakenham. She was paid off at Calcutta on 23 September 1807. Following a survey, the decision was taken not to commission her into the
Royal Navy
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. She was sold instead.
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