USS Wasp captures HMS Frolic - Drawing and engraving by F. Kearny, based on sketch by Lieutenant Claxton
Date
18 October 1812
Location
Atlantic Ocean
Result
See aftermath
Belligerents
United States
United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Jacob Jones
Thomas Whinyates
Strength
1 sloop-of-war (18 guns) 135 Marines and Sailors
1 brig-sloop (18 guns) 110 Marines and Sailors
Casualties and losses
3 killed 8 wounded[1]
30 killed 60+ wounded[1]
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Naval battles of the War of 1812
Atlantic Ocean
USS Essex vs HMS Alert
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
Capture of HMS Frolic
USS United States vs HMS Macedonian
USS Constitution vs HMS Java
Sinking of HMS Peacock
Rappahannock River
Capture of USS Chesapeake
Capture of the Young Teazer
Capture of HMS Dominica
Capture of USS Argus
Capture of HMS Boxer
Capture of USS Frolic
Capture of HMS Epervier
Sinking of HMS Reindeer
Sinking of HMS Avon
Fayal
Capture of USS President
Capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
Capture of HMS Penguin
Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus
East Coast
Lewes
Long Island
Alexandria
Baltimore
Hampden
Fort Peter
Great Lakes / Saint Lawrence River
Lake Ontario
1st Sacket's Harbor
Capture of HMS Caledonia and HMS Detroit
York
Fort George
2nd Sacket's Harbor
Lake Erie
Fort Oswego
Lake Huron
Lake Champlain
West Indies / Gulf Coast
La Guaira
1st Fort Bowyer
Lake Borgne
Fort St. Philip
Pacific Ocean
James Island
Charles Island
Nuku Hiva
Valparaíso
The capture of HMS Frolic was a naval action fought in the Atlantic on 18 October 1812, between the sloop-of-war USS Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and the Cruizer-class brig-sloop HM Brig Frolic, under Commander Thomas Whinyates.[2] The Americans captured the British vessel, but both vessels shortly thereafter were captured by a British ship of the line which happened upon the scene of the battle.
^ abRoosevelt, p.59
^For more on Thomas Whinyates see: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Whinyates, Thomas" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
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