USS Frolic (1813)
Career (United States) | |
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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: |
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Armament: |
20 x 32-pounder carronades
18 x 32-pounder carronades |
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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