HMS Dolphin (1799)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dolphin.

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]

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. ^ 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.

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 (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.