British Sixth Rate ship 'Dolphin' (1751)

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Dolphin

3939
Nominal Guns24BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered26.9.1747BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down3.8.1748BWAS-1714
Named6.12.1748BWAS-1714
Launched1.5.1751BWAS-1714
First Commissioned3.6.1752BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardRotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
Ship Class1745 Establishment 24-Gunner (1745)BWAS-1714
Constructor
Earlsman SparrowBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShipBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up1.1777BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck113' 0"Imperial Feet34.4424 
Length of Keel93' 4"Imperial Feet28.3803 
Breadth32' 1"Imperial Feet9.7663 
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528 
Burthen511 2⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1.5.1751Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1745160Design Complement

15 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
3.6.1752 - 21.8.1754Captain
Richard HoweBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
ADM 6/18/36ODNB21.8.1754 - 6.6.1756Captain
Carr ScropeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1762
ADM 6/18/108BWAS-17146.6.1756 - 8.6.1756Captain
Benjamin MarlowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1794
ADM 6/18/350BWAS-171420.8.1756 - 1.2.1757Captain
Mathew MooreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1780
ADM 6/18/302ADM 6/181.2.1757 - 5.8.1761Captain
Benjamin MarlowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1794
Transfered ADM 6/18/350ADM 6/185.8.1761 - 26.1.1763Captain
Robert KeelerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1790
ADM 6/19/338BWAS-171426.3.1764 - 28.4.1765Captain
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
ADM 6/20/18BWAS-171428.4.1765 - 19.6.1766Captain
Patrick MouatBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1766
ADM 6/20/124
Issued by
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
, East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 12.6.1766BWAS-171419.6.1766 - 19.5.1768Captain
Samuel WallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1781
ADM 6/20/124BWAS-171410.4.1770 - 23.3.1771Captain
Digby DentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1788
ADM 6/20/275B05123.3.1771 - 10.2.1772Captain
Henry LloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1783
Transfered ADM 6/20/348
Issued by
Sir John LindsayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1787

Confirmed 10.4.1772BWAS-171410.2.1772 - 15.2.1772Captain
James ShirleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1772
ADM 6/20/512
Issued by
Sir Robert Harland (1st Baronet of Sproughton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1783

Confirmed 26.8.1773ADM 6/202.6.1772 - 7.7.1774Captain
Gideon JohnstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1781
Transfered ADM 6/21/92
Issued by
Sir Robert Harland (1st Baronet of Sproughton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1783
, East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 19.5.1775BWAS-171412.7.1774 - 22.2.1776Captain
John ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1776
ADM 6/21/258
Issued by
Sir Robert Harland (1st Baronet of Sproughton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1783
, East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 8.2.1777BWAS-171422.2.1776 - 24.9.1776Captain
James PigotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1761-1810
ADM 6/21/211
Issued by
Sir Edward HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1793
, East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 5.9.1776BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
16.7.1766 - 19.5.1768Second Lieutenant
Tobias FurneauxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1779
ADM 6/20/128ref:676

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1764 - 1766Midshipman
Charles ClerkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1779
ODNB7.1764 - 19.5.1768Master's Mate
John GoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1768
ODNB15.3.1776 - 16.9.1776Midshipman
Horatio NelsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
NAO

Service History


DateEventSource
3.8.1748Began building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
1.5.1751Completed building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £8545.0.6dBWAS-1714
1.5.1751Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
29.7.1752Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3327.12.2dBWAS-1714
10.1752Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
20.5.1756Battle of Minorca
1757In home watersBWAS-1714
1757Took the Privateer
Le Marquis de Barrail (12) 1757-1757
French 12 Gun
Privateer Unknown

19.9.1757Took the Snow
La Marquise de Cavalaire (12) 1757-1757
French 12 Gun
Privateer Snow
off the coast of Scotland
23.11.1757Action of 23 November 1757
26.5.1758Action of 26 May 1758
1.8.1762Took the Cutter
La Dunkerquoise (4) 1762-1762
French 4 Gun
Privateer Cutter

12.1762Took the Pinnace
Le Duc d'Aiguillon (12) 1762-1762
French 12 Gun
Merchant Pinnace

1763Took the Privateer
Le Mars (10) 1763-1763
French 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown

16.2.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
1.3.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
3.1764Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
6.1764Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £7975.14.0dBWAS-1714
3.7.1764Sailed for the PacificBWAS-1714
6.1766Began coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1766Completed coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5946.13.8dBWAS-1714
21.8.1766Sailed for the PacificBWAS-1714
1.12.1767Arrived in BataviaW054
9.12.1767Sailed from BataviaW054
10.6.1768

Paid off

ADM 33
25.7.1768SurveyedBWAS-1714
9.1769Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
12.12.1769SurveyedBWAS-1714
6.1770Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £6938.18.4dBWAS-1714
5.8.1770Sailed for the East InidesBWAS-1714
24.9.1776

Paid off

ADM 33
12.1776SurveyedBWAS-1714
22.1.1777Breaking up completed at WoolwichBWAS-1714

 
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Posted by Roger Hutchins on Saturday 4th of August 2018 14:11

Non-comm officers 1766-68 for Captain Samuel Wallis's circumnavigation of the globe, and discovery of Tahiti which thereby became the destination for Captain Cook, included Francis Pender (1747-1820) commissioned Lieutenant 2 June 1772 who went on to be Captain of Queen (98) at Trafalgar, and later Vice-Admiral.

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