British Fourth Rate ship 'Dolphin' (1652)
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Dolphin
3933
Nominal Guns
30
Nationality
Commonwealth of England
Operator
State Navy
Captured
27.6.1652
First Commissioned
7.1652
Shipyard
Unknown
Category
Fourth Rate
Ship Type
Ship
Sailing Rig
Ship Rigged
Sold
1657
Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
12.1653
120
BWAS-1603
3 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1652
Captain
Richard Badiley
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1649-1657
BWAS-1603
1653
Captain
Robert Davis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1653
BWAS-1603
1654
Captain
John Smith
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1658
BWAS-1603
Service History
Date
Event
Source
27.6.1652
Taken off Yarmouth
BWAS-1603
30.11.1652
Battle of Dungeness
2.6.1653
Battle of the Gabbard
Notes on Ship
Origin
BWAS-1603
Dutch
Dolphin
on hire to the Dutch East India Company
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1603
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714
Rif Winfield
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