USS Wasp (1807)

USS Wasp captures HMS Frolic
History
United States
Name	USS Wasp
Builder	Washington Navy Yard
Cost	$40,000
Launched	1806
Commissioned	1807
Fate	Captured, 15 October 1812
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loup Cervier
Acquired	15 October 1812 (by capture)
Commissioned	1813
Renamed	HMS Peacock (c. March 1814)
Fate	Foundered July 1814 off Virginia Capes
General characteristics [1]
Type	Sloop-of-war, ship rigged
Tons burthen	43424⁄98, or 450 (US) (bm)
Length	Overall:105 ft 10+1⁄2 in (32.3 m) Keel:85 ft 10+1⁄2 in (26.2 m)
Beam	30 ft 10 in (9.4 m)
Draft	14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 0 in (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Notes	18 guns, 24 pounder carronades
General characteristics (US Service)
Complement	140 officers and enlisted
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder guns
General characteristics (British service[1])
Complement	121 officers and enlisted
Armament	14 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

USS Wasp of the United States Navy was a sailing sloop-of-war captured by the British in the early months of the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806 at the Washington Navy Yard, was commissioned sometime in 1807, Master Commandant John Smith in command. In 1812 she captured HMS Frolic, but was immediately herself captured. The British took her into service first as HMS Loup Cervier and then as HMS Peacock. She was lost, presumed foundered with all hands, in mid-1814.