&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Wasp_capturing_HMS_Frolic.jpg) USS Wasp captures HMS Frolic
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| 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 |
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| 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.