HMS Dolphin (1751)

HMS Dolphin at Tahiti 1767
History
RN EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Dolphin
Ordered26 September 1747
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard, England
Laid down3 August 1748
Launched1 May 1751
CommissionedJune 1752
Out of servicePaid off in September 1776
FateBroken up, January 1777
General characteristics
Class and typeSixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen511 294 (bm)
Length
  • 113 ft (34 m) (gundeck)
  • 93 ft 4 in (28.45 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 1 in (9.78 m)
Depth of hold11 ft (3.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement160
Armament
  • Lower deck: 2 × 9-pounders (aft)
  • Upper deck: 20 × 9-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 3-pounders

HMS Dolphin was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1751, she was used as a survey ship from 1764 and made two circumnavigations of the world under the successive commands of John Byron and Samuel Wallis. She was the first ship to circumnavigate the world twice. She remained in service until she was paid off in September 1776. She was broken up in early 1777.[1]

  1. ^ Paine, Lincoln P. (2000). Ships of Discovery and Exploration. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0-395-98415-7.

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