The Scamander class sailing frigates were a series of ten 36-gun ships, all built by contract with private shipbuilders to an 1812 design by Sir William Rule, which served in the Royal Navy during the late Napoleonic War and War of 1812.
They were all built of "fir" (actually, pine), selected as a stop-gap measure because of the urgent need to build ships quickly, with the Navy Board supplying red pine timber to the contractors from dockyard stocks for the first seven ships. The last three were built of yellow pine. While quick to build, the material was not expected to last as long as oak-built ships, and indeed all were deleted by 1819, except the Tagus which lasted to 1822.
Red pine group. These seven ships were originally ordered under the names Liffey, Brilliant, Lively, Severn, Blonde, Forth and Greyhound, all being renamed on 11 December 1812 (except Liffey and Severn, which were renamed on 26 January 1813).
HMS Eridanus (ex-Liffey)Builder: Mrs Mary Ross, RochesterOrdered: 4 May 1812Laid down: August 1812Launched: 1 May 1813Completed: 13 July 1813 at Chatham DockyardFate: Sold 29 January 1818HMS Orontes (ex-Brilliant)Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, FrindsburyOrdered: 4 May 1812Laid down: August 1812Launched: 29 June 1813Completed: 13 December 1813 at Chatham DockyardFate: Broken up at Sheerness in April 1817HMS Scamander (ex-Lively)Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, FrindsburyOrdered: 4 May 1812Laid down: August 1812Launched: 13 July 1813Completed: 24 December 1813 at Chatham DockyardFate: Sold 22 July 1819HMS Tagus (ex-Severn)Builder: Daniel List, Binstead, Isle of WightOrdered: 4 May 1812Laid down: August 1812Launched: 14 July 1813Completed: 9 November 1813 at Portsmouth DockyardFate: Sold 19 April 1822HMS Ister (ex-Blonde)Builder: William Wallis, LeamouthOrdered: 4 May 1812Laid down: August 1812Launched: 14 July 1813Completed: 11 November 1813 at Woolwich DockyardFate: Sold 8 March 1819HMS Tigris (ex-Forth)Builder: John Pelham, Frindsbury, KentOrdered: 4 May 1812Laid down: September 1812Launched: 26 June 1813Completed: 24 December 1813 at Chatham DockyardFate: Sold 11 June 1818HMS Euphrates (ex-Greyhound)Builder: John King, Upnor, KentOrdered: 12 October 1812Laid down: January 1813Launched: 8 November 1813Completed: 24 September 1814 at Chatham DockyardFate: Sold 29 January 1818Yellow pine group.
HMS HebrusBuilder: John Barton, LimehouseOrdered: 16 November 1812Laid down: January 1813Launched: 13 September 1813Completed: 18 December 1813 at Deptford DockyardFate: Sold 3 April 1817HMS GranicusBuilder: John Barton, LimehouseOrdered: 17 November 1812Laid down: January 1813Launched: 25 October 1813Completed: 31 January 1814 at Deptford DockyardFate: Sold 3 April 1817HMS AlpheusBuilder: William Wallis, LeamouthOrdered: 7 December 1812Laid down: July 1813Launched: 6 April 1814Completed: 11 July 1814 at Woolwich DockyardFate: Sold 10 September 1817