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HMS Frolic (1820)

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Name
  
Frolic

Builder
  
Pembroke Dockyard

Completed
  
3 August 1820

Construction started
  
August 1818

Draft
  
2.84 m

Ordered
  
13 June 1817

Laid down
  
August 1818

Fate
  
Sold, 16 August 1838

Launched
  
10 June 1820

HMS Frolic was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was sold in 1838.

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Description

Frolic had a length at the gundeck of 90 feet 2 inches (27.5 m) and 73 feet 9 inches (22.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 24 feet 9 inches (7.5 m), a draught of about 9 feet 4 inches (2.8 m) and a depth of hold of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 236 76/94 tons burthen. The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.

Construction and career

Frolic, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, was ordered on 13 June 1817, laid down in August 1818 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 10 June 1820. She was completed on 3 August 1820 at Plymouth Dockyard.

References

HMS Frolic (1820) Wikipedia