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Dolphin

HMS Dolphin

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeSloop
WarAnglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
Main guns1 × 32-pounder gun

Brigantine at Obligado.

H.M. Brigantine Dolphin, 3 Guns 'Dolphin' , 319 tons, was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 14 June 1836 and from September 1837 to October 1842 was in anti-slavery work on the West African coast, then again so from September 1847 until at least 1854. In between (May 1843-March 1847) it was on the s Photo: Day and Haghe (publishers) (engravers); Hinton, A (publisher); Rudolph Ackermann (publishers); Vernon, H John (artist and engraver); William Foster (publisher), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × 32-pdr, 2 × 32-pdr carronades
Launched1836
Complement33

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1836

20 November 1845

Fate

Survived

Sold in 1894