USS Wasp

Captured

Type	Sloop
Guns	18
War	War of 1812

Service

to 1812	Wasp	USA
1812–1814	Loup Cervier Captured by Poictiers	Britain
from 1814	Peacock	Britain

Ship-sloop under Master Commandant Jacob Jones. She took the brig-sloop Frolic by boarding on 18 October 1812, but both ships were taken a few hours later by the British 74 Poictiers. Taken into the Royal Navy as Loup Cervier, then renamed Peacock, she was lost with all hands off the Virginia Capes in 1814.

USS Wasp capturing the HMS Frolic Photo: Drawing and engraving by F. Kearny, based on sketch by Lieutenant Claxton., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder guns

Builder	Washington Navy Yard
Launched	1806
Commissioned	1807
Length	Overall:105 ft 10+1⁄2 in (32.3 m) Keel:85 ft 10+1⁄2 in (26.2 m)
Complement	140 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1806

USS Wasp vs HMS Frolic

Captured

18 October 1812

Jacob Jones; took Frolic, then was taken by Poictiers

Fate

Captured

Foundered 23 July 1814 off Virginia Capes