java and port forwarding

[Mike Miller]

If I use ssh to forward port 5801 on my local machine to port 5801 on the
vncserver machine and I also forward port 5901 on my local machine to port
5901 on the vncserver machine, can I enter this URL in my browser...

http://localhost:5801/

...I see my VNC session, and it works, but is it using an SSH tunnel?

I'm not sure.  I think the java applet will be sent over the secure
channel (5801), but then will the applet try to connect to localhost:5901?
I hope so because that would be really great.

Thanks in advance for any clarification.

Mike