HMS Frolic (1806)

HMS Frolic (1806)
USS Wasp boarding HMS Frolic, attributed to Thomas Birch, c. 1815
History
United Kingdom
BuilderBoole, Bridport
Launched9 February 1806
Honours and
awards
Captured1812 (and recaptured)
FateBroken up November 1813
General characteristics
Class and type18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen384 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft (30.5 m) (overall)
  • 77 ft 3+12 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig-sloop
Complement121
Armament

HMS Frolic was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built by Boole, of Bridport and was launched on 9 February 1806. Although she took part in the capture of Martinique, Guadaloupe, and Saint Martin, she appears to have had an uneventful career until 8 October 1812, when the American sloop-of-war USS Wasp captured her after a fierce fight.[3] Later that day the British recaptured Frolic and captured Wasp. Frolic was broken up in 1813.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  3. ^ Peterson (1857), pp. 36–37.