&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Dolphin_1751.jpg) HMS Dolphin at Tahiti 1767
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| Name | HMS Dolphin |
| Ordered | 26 September 1747 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard, England |
| Laid down | 3 August 1748 |
| Launched | 1 May 1751 |
| Commissioned | June 1752 |
| Out of service | Paid off in September 1776 |
| Fate | Broken up, January 1777 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 511 2⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 160 |
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HMS Dolphin was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1751, she was used as a survey ship from 1764 and made two circumnavigations of the world under the successive commands of John Byron and Samuel Wallis. She was the first ship to circumnavigate the world twice. She remained in service until she was paid off in September 1776. She was broken up in early 1777.[1]
- ^ Paine, Lincoln P. (2000). Ships of Discovery and Exploration. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0-395-98415-7.