`` Greyhound '' had been sent Sending to the Java Sea and the Molucca Islands to reconnoitre Scrutiny the Dutch ports in preparation for a raid Attack on Java by a larger force under Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew later in the year .

`` Greyhound '' intercepted and defeated Conquering a Dutch convoy off the coast of Sulawesi on 25 July and three months later the frigate managed to capture the Dutch frigate at the entrance to Batavia harbour .

Five English ships , HMS Henry , HMS Ruby , HMS Antelope , HMS Greyhound and HMS Bryan , appeared Presence at six in the morning in the Bay of Málaga , without that the Marquis of Mondéjar , governor of the city , raised the alarm .