HMS Dolphin (1799)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dolphin.
| History | |
|---|---|
  Dutch Republic | |
| Name: | Dofijn |
| Builder: | Amsterdam |
| Laid down: | 3 November 1777 |
| Launched: | 1780 |
| Captured: | 1799 |
 UK | |
| Name: | HMS Dolphin |
| Acquired: | 1799 by capture |
| Fate: | Broken up 1803 |
| General characteristics [1][2][3] | |
| Tons burthen: | 505 (bm)[2] |
| Length: | 125' 7"(Amsterdam foot)[Note 1] |
| Beam: | 34' (Dutch) |
| Depth of hold: | 13' 2" (Dutch) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: |
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| Armament: |
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| Notes: | van 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]
Notes, citations, and references
- Notes
- ↑ All linear measurements are in Amsterdam feet (voet) of 11 Amsterdam inches (duim) (see Dutch units of measurement). The Amsterdam foot is about 8% shorter than an English foot. The basis of measurement is also different.
- Citations
- References
- Clowes, W. Laird, et al. (1897-1903) The royal navy: a history from the earliest times to the present. (Boston: Little, Brown and Co.; London: S. Low, Marston and Co.)
- van Maanen, Ron, Preliminary list of Dutch naval vessel built or required in the period 1700-1799. Unpublished manuscript.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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