Print. A small single-ship action of the American War of 1812-14 fought in the Atlantic on 18 October 1812 between the sloop-of-war USS 'Wasp', commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, and the British 'Cruizer'-class brig-sloop 'Frolic', under Commander Thomas Whinyates. The Americans captured the British vessel but both were badly damaged and captured shortly after by HM ship 'Poictiers' (John Beresford) which appeared on the scene and took them both and the convoy 'Frolic' had been escorting into Bermuda until further onward escort could be found. 'Frolic' was so badly damaged that she was broken up in November 1813. 'Wasp' briefly served in the Royal Navy as HM ship 'Peacock' until wrecked in 1814. Though the artist, Corne, was born in Elba, he went to Massachusetts at the time of the French Revolution and remained there as a marine painter for the rest of his life, so this is perhaps an American wood engraving rather than a British one. [PvdM 11/13]