Scamander class frigate
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The Scamander class sailing frigate
Frigate
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s 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
Royal Navy
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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.
Ships in class
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). (ex-Liffey)-
- Builder: Mrs Mary Ross, Rochester
- Ordered: 4 May 1812
- Laid down: August 1812
- Launched: 1 May 1813
- Completed: 13 July 1813 at Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Fate: Sold 29 January 1818 (ex-Brilliant)
- Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, FrindsburyFrindsburyFrindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor....
- Ordered: 4 May 1812
- Laid down: August 1812
- Launched: 29 June 1813
- Completed: 13 December 1813 at Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Fate: Broken up at Sheerness in April 1817 (ex-Lively)
- Builder: Josiah & Thomas Brindley, FrindsburyFrindsburyFrindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor....
- Ordered: 4 May 1812
- Laid down: August 1812
- Launched: 13 July 1813
- Completed: 24 December 1813 at Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Fate: Sold 22 July 1819 (ex-Severn)
- Builder: Daniel List, BinsteadBinsteadBinstead is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located in the northeast of the Island, two kilometres west of Ryde on the main road between Ryde and Newport.-Amenities:...
, Isle of WightIsle of WightThe Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent... - Ordered: 4 May 1812
- Laid down: August 1812
- Launched: 14 July 1813
- Completed: 9 November 1813 at Portsmouth Dockyard
- Fate: Sold 19 April 1822 (ex-Blonde)
- Builder: William Wallis, LeamouthLeamouthLeamouth is the area to the west of the mouth of the River Lea at the River Thames at . The northern part of the area lies within a meander of the Lea; the southern part is bounded in the west by the former East India Docks, on two sides by the Lea and by the River Thames to the south...
- Ordered: 4 May 1812
- Laid down: August 1812
- Launched: 14 July 1813
- Completed: 11 November 1813 at Woolwich DockyardWoolwich DockyardWoolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
- Fate: Sold 8 March 1819 (ex-Forth)
- Builder: John Pelham, FrindsburyFrindsburyFrindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rochester. Frindsbury refers to both a parish and a manor....
, KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... - Ordered: 4 May 1812
- Laid down: September 1812
- Launched: 26 June 1813
- Completed: 24 December 1813 at Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Fate: Sold 11 June 1818 (ex-Greyhound)
- Builder: John King, UpnorUpnorLower Upnor and Upper Upnor are two small villages in Medway, Kent, England. They are in the parish of Frindsbury Extra on the western bank of the River Medway...
, KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... - Ordered: 12 October 1812
- Laid down: January 1813
- Launched: 8 November 1813
- Completed: 24 September 1814 at Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Fate: Sold 29 January 1818
Yellow pine group.
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- Builder: John Barton, LimehouseLimehouseLimehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff to the west and Millwall to the east....
- Ordered: 16 November 1812
- Laid down: January 1813
- Launched: 13 September 1813
- Completed: 18 December 1813 at Deptford Dockyard
- Fate: Sold 3 April 1817
- Builder: John Barton, LimehouseLimehouseLimehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff to the west and Millwall to the east....
- Ordered: 17 November 1812
- Laid down: January 1813
- Launched: 25 October 1813
- Completed: 31 January 1814 at Deptford Dockyard
- Fate: Sold 3 April 1817
- Builder: William Wallis, LeamouthLeamouthLeamouth is the area to the west of the mouth of the River Lea at the River Thames at . The northern part of the area lies within a meander of the Lea; the southern part is bounded in the west by the former East India Docks, on two sides by the Lea and by the River Thames to the south...
- Ordered: 7 December 1812
- Laid down: July 1813
- Launched: 6 April 1814
- Completed: 11 July 1814 at Woolwich DockyardWoolwich DockyardWoolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
- Fate: Sold 10 September 1817
- Builder: John Barton, Limehouse