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.
HMSHebrus 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...
century who is best known for his service as commander of the frigate HMSHebrus, in the Battle of Jobourg off the Normandy Coast, in the last frigate...
stronger British squadron including the ship of the line HMS Hannibal, frigate HMSHebrus and brig HMS Sparrow. Sultane, badly damaged in the engagement with...
close inshore between British frigate HMSHebrus and French frigate Etoile. After several hours of combat, Hebrus succeeded in defeating and capturing...
ships began pounding the fort with Congreve rockets (from rocket vessel HMS Erebus) and mortar shells (from bomb vessels Terror, Volcano, Meteor, Devastation...
1813 HMS Scamander 1813 HMS Tagus 1813 HMS Ister 1813 HMS Tigris 1813 HMS Euphrates 1813 HMSHebrus 1813 HMS Granicus 1813 HMS Alpheus 1814 Seringapatam...
and was sold in 1814. HMS Topaze (1814), a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French frigate Étoile. She was captured by Hebrus in 1814 and became a receiving...
James Gambier. Commanded HMS Defence on the Glorious First of June Sir Edward Hamilton. As captain of HMS Surprise, he recaptured HMS Hermione Sir Charles...
for notable action. A contemporary wrote of the action: "The Granicus and Hebrus frigates, and the smaller vessels (except the bombs) being considered in...
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