HMS Frolic (1806)

HMS Frolic (1806)

USS Wasp boarding HMS Frolic, attributed to Thomas Birch, c. 1815
History
United Kingdom
Builder	Boole, Bridport
Launched	9 February 1806
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal clasps Martinique[1] Guadaloupe[2]
Captured	1812 (and recaptured)
Fate	Broken up November 1813
General characteristics
Class and type	18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	384 (bm)
Length	100 ft (30.5 m) (overall) 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.6 m) (keel)
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
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

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.