&sq=&lang=&file=File:U.S.S._Wasp_Boarding_H.M_Brig_Frolic.jpg) USS Wasp boarding HMS Frolic, attributed to Thomas Birch, c. 1815
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| History | |
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| Builder | Boole, Bridport |
| Launched | 9 February 1806 |
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| Captured | 1812 (and recaptured) |
| Fate | Broken up November 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 384 (bm) |
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| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig-sloop |
| Complement | 121 |
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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.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
- ^ Peterson (1857), pp. 36–37.