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HMS Dolphin (1799)

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Dofijn
Builder	Amsterdam
Laid down	3 November 1777
Launched	1780
Captured	1799
Great Britain
Name	HMS Dolphin
Acquired	1799 by capture
Commissioned	November 1799
Fate	Broken up 1803
General characteristics [1][2][3]
Tons burthen	505 (bm)
Length	125' 7"(Amsterdam foot)[a]
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]

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• 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 (2008). "Preliminary list of Dutch naval vessel built or required in the period 1700-1799" (PDF).
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.