HMS Alpheus

Plan of the Scamander-class frigates
History
United Kingdom
Name	Alpheus
Ordered	7 December 1812
Laid down	July 1813
Launched	6 April 1814
Completed	11 July 1814
Commissioned	14 May 1814
Out of service	31 December 1816
Fate	Sold 10 September 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fifth-rate Scamander-class frigate
Tons burthen	949 (bm)
Length	143 ft 4+3⁄4 in (43.7 m) (upper deck) 120 ft 2+3⁄8 in (36.6 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 6+1⁄2 in (11.7 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) (forward) 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	12 ft 4 in (3.8 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 Alpheus was a 36-gun Scamander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in May 1814, the ship was sent to serve on the East Indies Station. She served mostly uneventfully at Macao and Manila; in the latter location the ship's captain was discovered by the Spanish to be using his barge to smuggle dollars. In December 1815 the ship was deemed to be in such bad condition with rot that she was sent home, described by William Henry Dillon, captain of an accompanying vessel, as "in a very crazy state". Having received a refit at Bombay, Alpheus returned to England in December 1816 and saw no further service. The frigate was paid off and then sold at Sheerness in the following year.