USS Frolic (1813)

USS Frolic (1813)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Frolic.
Career (United States)
Name: USS Frolic
Namesake: HMS Frolic, a prize taken in the early part of the War of 1812
Builder: Josiah Barker, Charlestown, Massachusetts
Cost: $72,095
Launched: 11 September 1813
Fate: Captured 20 April 1814
Career (UK)
Name: Florida
Acquired: By capture 20 April 1814
Fate: Broken up May 1819
General characteristics
Type: Sloop-of-war
Tonnage: 509 tons
Tons burthen: 539 (bm)
Length: 119 ft 6 in (36.42 m)
Beam: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Depth: 14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Complement:
  • American Service: 170
  • British Service: 135
Armament:
  • American service

20 x 32-pounder carronades
2 x 12-pounder guns

  • British service

18 x 32-pounder carronades

2 x 12-pounder guns

USS Frolic was a sloop-of-war that served in the United States Navy in 1814. The British captured her later that year and she served in the Royal Navy in the Channel and the North Sea until she was broken up in 1819.

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