Madura Island
By November 1807 "Scipio", since (unofficially) renamed to "Samarang", was under the command of Lieutenant Richard Buck, formerly of . On 20 November "Samarang" sailed from Malacca as part of the squadron under Sir Edward Pellew that aimed to attack Dutch forces on Java. They arrived at Point Panka on 5 December. After negotiating the Straits of Madura, and taking fire from a Dutch shore battery at Sambelangan on Madura Island, the British arrived at Griessie on the next day.