HMS Dolphin

HMS Dolphin

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Dolphin" after the dolphin.

* The first seven "Dolphins" were small ketches and fireships.
* HMS "Dolphin", launched in 1731, was a 20-gun sixth-rate, renamed "Firebrand" in 1755 and "Penguin" in 1757.
* HMS "Dolphin", launched in 1751, was a 24-gun sixth-rate. She was used as a survey ship from 1764 and made two circumnavigations under the command of John Byron and Samuel Wallis. She was broken up in 1777.
* HMS "Dolphin" was a 44-gun fifth-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 the East Indiaman "Admiral Rainer", purchased in 1804 and renamed "Hindostan", renamed "Dolphin" in 1819, and "Justitia" in 1830. She was used as a convict ship and sold in 1855.
* HMS "Dolphin" was a 3-gun brigantine launched in 1836 and sold in 1894.
* HMS "Dolphin" was a screw sloop launched in 1882. She served as a submarine depot ship in World War I. She foundered in 1925 but was beached and used as a school ship. She was broken up in 1977.
* HMS "Dolphin" was originally the depot 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 at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, and was a submarine base until 1994 and training school to 1999.

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