HMS Dolphin (1799)

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:
  • Dutch service:150-156
  • British service: n.a.
Armament:
  • Dutch service:20-24 guns
  • British service: n.a.
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

  1. ↑ 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

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

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 Unpublished manuscript.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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