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HMS ''Frolic'' was an 18-gun of the Royal Navy. She was built by Boole, of Bridport and was launched on 9 February 1806. Although she took part in the capture of Martinique, Guadaloupe, and Saint Martin, she appears to have had an uneventful career until 8 October 1812, when the American sloop-of-war captured her after a fierce fight.〔Peterson, 1857 pp.36-37〕 Later that day the British recaptured ''Frolic'' and captured ''Wasp''. ''Frolic'' was broken up in 1813. ==Career== On 26 October 1807, Tsar Alexander I of Russia declared war on Great Britain. The official news did not arrive there until 2 December, at which time the British declared an embargo on all Russian vessels in British ports. ''Frolic'' was one of some 70 vessels that shared in the seizure of the 44-gun Russian frigate ''Speshnoy'' (''Speshnyy''), then in Portsmouth harbour. The British seized the Russian storeship ''Wilhelmina'' (''Vilghemina'') at the same time. The Russian vessels were carrying the payroll for Vice-Admiral Dmitry Senyavin’s squadron in the Mediterranean.〔Tredea & Sozaev (2010), p. 198 & p.391.〕 ''Frolic'', under Commander Thomas Whinyates, sailed for the West Indies on 21 February 1808. There she participated in the Invasion of Martinique in February 1809, and then in the invasion of Guadeloupe. In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issuance of the Naval General Service Medal with clasps "Martinique" and "Guadaloupe".〔Mayo (1897), Vol. 2, p.300.〕 On 17 February 1810 ''Frolic'', , and joined Captain William Charles Fahie of and his force at the surrender of Saint Martin. On 14 June 1810, ''Frolic'' and (or ''Freija'') arrived at Sombrero Island in the West Indies. The Admiralty had sent them there to assess separately and independently the survival prospects for someone landed at this place without food and water.〔Derriman (2006), pp. 108-11.〕 Captain Warwick Lake of had marooned an impressed seaman, Robert Jeffrey, there on 13 December 1807, and was now the subject of an Admiralty investigation. They reported back that survival prospects were poor. As it turned out, Jeffrey was alive, a passing American vessel having rescued him. Still, a court-martial dismissed Lake from the Royal Navy.〔Derriman (2006).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Frolic (1806)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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