{{short description|Brig-sloop of the Royal Navy}} {{Other ships|HMS Frolic}}
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|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United Kingdom |flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |name= ''Frolic'' |namesake= |ordered=13 June 1817 |builder= Pembroke Dockyard |laid_down=August 1818 |launched=10 June 1820 |completed=3 August 1820 |homeport= |reclassified= |motto= |nickname= |honours= |fate=Sold, 16 August 1838 }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class={{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} |tons_burthen=236<small>{{fraction|78|94}}</small> bm |length={{cvt|90|ft|2|in|m|1}} (gundeck) |beam={{cvt|24|ft|9|in|m|1}} |draught={{cvt|9|ft|4|in|m|1}} |hold_depth={{cvt|11|ft|m|1}} |sail_plan=Brig rig |propulsion=Sails |complement=52 |armament=*10 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns: * 2 × 6 pdr guns * 8 × 18 pdr carronades }} }} '''HMS ''Frolic''''' was a 10-gun {{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. She was converted into a packet ship in 1823 and was sold in 1838.
==Description== The ''Cherokee''-class brig-sloops were designed by Henry Peake, they were nicknamed 'coffin brigs' for the large number that either wrecked or foundered in service, but modern analysis has not revealed any obvious design faults. They were probably sailed beyond their capabilities by inexperienced captains tasked to perform arduous and risky duties.<ref>Gardiner, p. 66</ref> Whatever their faults, they were nimble; quick to change tack and, with a smaller crew, more economical to run.<ref>Knight, pp. 60, 170</ref> ''Frolic'' displaced {{convert|297|LT|t|lk=on}} and measured {{convert|90|ft|1|in|m|1}} long at the gundeck. She had a beam of {{convert|24|ft|8|in|m|1}}, a depth of hold of {{convert|11|ft|m|1}}, a deep draught of {{convert|9|ft|10|in}} and a tonnage of 235<small>{{fraction|19|94}}</small> tons burthen. The ships had a complement of 52 men when fully manned, but only 33 as a packet ship. The armament of the ''Cherokee'' class consisted of ten muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns: eight {{convert|18|lb|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} carronades and two {{convert|6|lb|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} guns positioned in the bow for use as chase guns.<ref>Winfield, pp. 239, 241</ref>
==Construction and career== ''Frolic'' was ordered on 13 June 1817 and laid down in June 1818 at Pembroke Dockyard. The ship was launched on 10 June 1820 and was fitted out from March to 3 August 1820 in ordinary at Plymouth Dockyard. She was converted into a packet ship from March to 15 June 1823 and commissioned the following month. ''Frolic'' was assigned to the Falmouth packet service until she was paid off on 25 November 1832. The ship was sold out of service on 16 August 1838.<ref name=h1>Winfield, p. 241</ref>
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==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last1=Gardiner |first1=Robert |title=Warships of the Napoleonic Era: Design, Development and Deployment |date=2011 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-84832-108-3}} *{{cite book |title=Convoys - Britain's Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America|last1=Knight |first1=Roger|year=2022|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-3002-4697-1}} *{{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|date=2014|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-84832-169-4}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frolic (1820)}} Category:Cherokee-class brig-sloops Category:1820 ships Category:Ships built in Pembroke Dock