- Description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name= Frolic | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered=13 June 1817 | Ship builder= Pembroke Dockyard | Ship laid down=August 1818 | Ship launched=10 June 1820 | Ship completed=3 August 1820 | Ship homeport= | Ship reclassified= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Sold, 16 August 1838
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Cherokee|brig-sloop}} | Ship tons burthen=236 78/94 bm | 90|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (gundeck)- {{convert|73|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (keel)
| 24|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 9|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 11|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship sail plan=Brig | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=52 | Ship armament=*2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 18-pdr carronades | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Frolic was a 10-gun {{Sclass-|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was sold in 1838. DescriptionFrolic had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|90|ft|2|in|m|1}} and {{convert|73|ft|9|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|24|ft|9|in|m|1}}, a draught of about {{convert|9|ft|4|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|11|ft|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 236 76/94 tons burthen.[1] 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.[2]Construction and careerFrolic, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 13 June 1817, laid down in August 1818 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 10 June 1820.[2] She was completed on 3 August 1820 at Plymouth Dockyard.[1]Notes1. ^1 Winfield, p. 1055
2. ^1 Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
3. ^Colledge, p. 134
References- {{Colledge}}
- {{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander|title=Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History|date=2014|publisher=The History Press|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-7509-5214-9}}
- {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863|date=2014|publisher=Seaforth|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-47383-743-0|format=epub}}
- {{winfield}}
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