The Royal Navy ordered 36 vessels to the same design, with Malacca the only one being built outside Great Britain.

[2] The dockyard at Prince of Wales's Island built fewer than a handful of vessels before ceasing operations, and apparently Malacca was the first.

After the Cape Malacca remained in the Indian Ocean, while the other two vessels proceeded on to India and Java.

There, in August 1812, a court-martial dismissed him from command of Malacca for having exceeded his authority when, at the behest of the merchants, he had HMS Minden escort the October (1811) convoy to England.

Peachey assumed command of Sir Francis Drake and in May 1812 sailed her back to England as escort to a convoy of returning East Indiamen.

[8] The EIC contributed the cruisers Malabar, Teignmouth, and Aurora, seven gunboats, the transport Troubridge, and the East Indiaman Princess Charlotte of Wales.

Eventually the British vessels, except the frigates, were able to cross bar in front of the river and move towards the town of Sambas.