HMS Hebrus

Plan of the Scamander-class frigates
History
United Kingdom
Name	Hebrus
Namesake	River Hebrus
Ordered	16 November 1812
Laid down	January 1813
Launched	13 September 1813
Completed	18 December 1813
Commissioned	October 1813
Out of service	2 November 1816
Fate	Sold 3 April 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fifth-rate Scamander-class frigate
Tons burthen	939 (bm)
Length	143 ft (43.6 m) (upper deck) 120 ft 1+1⁄8 in (36.6 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 4+1⁄2 in (11.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) (forward) 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	11 ft 11+3⁄4 in (3.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	284
Armament	UD: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Hebrus was a 36-gun Scamander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Constructed in response to the start of the War of 1812, Hebrus was commissioned in October 1813 under Captain Edmund Palmer. Serving initially in the English Channel, on 27 March 1814 the frigate fought at the Battle of Jobourg during which she captured the French 40-gun frigate Étoile in a single-ship action. Hebrus was subsequently transferred to serve in North America. She participated in the expedition up the Patuxent River in August which resulted in the destruction of the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, and Palmer was also present at the Battle of Bladensburg.

Hebrus fought at the Battle of Baltimore in September as part of the squadron bombarding Fort McHenry and subsequently served off the coast of Georgia in the command of Rear-Admiral George Cockburn, being present at the capture of Cumberland Island and Battle of Fort Peter in January 1815. Hebrus returned to Britain in May carrying the body of Captain Sir Peter Parker for burial in London. In the Hundred Days campaign she was then employed off Bordeaux working to support French Royalists.

In the peace after the Napoleonic Wars Hebrus was part of the Cork Station before in July 1816 she joined Admiral Lord Exmouth's fleet that in August bombarded Algiers. After this the ship was surveyed and found to be extremely rotten. Hebrus was paid off in November and eventually sold in April 1817.