- HMS Dolphin
Sixteen ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Dolphin" after thedolphin .* The first seven "Dolphins" were small
ketch es andfireship s.
* HMS "Dolphin", launched in 1731, was a 20-gunsixth-rate , renamed "Firebrand" in 1755 and "Penguin" in 1757.
* HMS "Dolphin", launched in 1751, was a 24-gun sixth-rate. She was used as asurvey ship from 1764 and made twocircumnavigation s under the command ofJohn Byron andSamuel Wallis . She was broken up in 1777.
* HMS "Dolphin" was a 44-gunfifth-rate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1817.
* HMS "Dolphin" was originally the Dutch 24-gun sixth-rate "Dolflin", captured in 1799 by HMS "Wolverine" and HMS "Arrow".
* HMS "Dolphin" was a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1801 and sold in 1802.
* HMS "Dolphin" was originally theEast Indiaman "Admiral Rainer", purchased in 1804 and renamed "Hindostan", renamed "Dolphin" in 1819, and "Justitia" in 1830. She was used as aconvict ship and sold in 1855.
* HMS "Dolphin" was a 3-gunbrigantine launched in 1836 and sold in 1894.
* HMS "Dolphin" was a screw sloop launched in 1882. She served as asubmarine depot ship inWorld War I . She foundered in 1925 but was beached and used as aschool ship . She was broken up in 1977.
* HMS "Dolphin" was originally thedepot ship "Pandora", purchased in 1914. She was renamed "Dolphin" in 1924 and was sunk by a mine in 1939.
* HMS "Dolphin" is the spiritual home of the Royal Navy's submarine service atFort Blockhouse inGosport , and was asubmarine base until 1994 and training school to 1999.References
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