HMS Dolphin (1799)

History
Dutch Navy Ensign Batavian Navy EnsignDutch Republic
NameDofijn
BuilderAmsterdam
Laid down3 November 1777
Launched1780
Captured1799
Great Britain
NameHMS Dolphin
Acquired1799 by capture
CommissionedNovember 1799
FateBroken up 1803
General characteristics [1][2][3]
Tons burthen505 (bm)
Length125 voet 7 duim[a]
Beam34 voet
Depth of hold13 voet 2 duim
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • Dutch service:150-156
  • British service: n.a.
Armament
  • Dutch service:20-24 guns
  • British service: n.a.
Notesvan Maanen states that the British captured or burnt Delfin in 1779,[1] i.e., before her completion date. The year 1779 appears to be a typographical error for 1799.

HMS Dolphin was the Dutch 7th Charter Dolfijn, launched in 1780 at Amsterdam.[1] In 1781 she was under the command of Captain Mulder when she participated in the battle of Dogger Bank.[4]

HMS Wolverine and HMS Arrow captured her on 15 September 1799 off Vlie Island. The Royal Navy took her into service and commissioned her in November as the sixth-rate HMS Dolphin under the command of Lieutenant R. M'Dougall.[2] She became a transport in 1800, and a storeship in 1802. She was broken up in 1803.[3]

  1. ^ a b c van Maanen (2008), p. 10.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 235.
  3. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 398.
  4. ^ Clowes (1898), Vol.3, p.506.


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