Dolphin, 1781
Type: 4th rate ; Storeship ; Armament 44
Launched at Chatham 1781 ; Disposal date or year : 1817
Tons (BM) : 880.
Notes:

1781 Hyde-Parker's victory over the Dutch.

29 Jan 1797 Porto-Ferrajo. Minerve, accompanied by the Romulus, Southampton and Dido frigates, Dolphin and Dromedary store-ships, two sloops, and 12 transports, departed for Gibraltar.

7 Nov 1798 a part of a squadron which arrived this day for the invasion of Minorca.

1 Jan 1799 Capt. J. Nisbet. Hospital Ship at Lisbon.

8 Mar - 2 Sep 1801 Expedition to Egypt.

8 Mar 1801 of the personnel employed disembarking the army in Aboukir Bay 1 officer, Lieutenant Francis Collins, and 1 seaman were wounded.

6 Aug 1801 departed the coast of Egypt for France in company with the Ulysses, and Inflexible, with the second division of General Belliard's French troops, on being embarked from Cairo, and in view of the baggage involved assume that this must have included a convoy of transports.

23 Dec 1801 arrived at the Motherbank anchorage, off Ryde, IoW, where ships from abroad, in this case from Malta and Egypt, for Portsmouth, were put in quarantine.

27 Dec 1801 despite comments to the contrary elsewhere it would appear that the Dolphin, Druid, Ceres, Minotaur, and Trusty, remain at the Motherbank, in quarantine.

30 Dec 1801 arrived Spithead from the Motherbank, the Dolphin, Winchelsea, and the Druid, armed en flute, and disembarked the 28th and 42nd Regts., who marched into barracks at Hilsea.

8 Feb 1802 departed Spithead to the Eastwards, the Dolphin, armed en flute, Capt Dalrymple.

9 Feb 1802 arrived in the Downs from Portsmouth and departed for Sheerness.

10 Feb 1802 departed the Downs for Sheerness the Egyptienne, Heroine, Cleopatra, Volage, Alonzo frigates ; Hound, Autumn, Alonzo and Diligence.

12 Feb 1802 departed Sheerness, the Egyptienne, Volage, Heroine, Dolphin, Cleopatra, and Phaeton and sailed up the Thames.

Circa 19 Nov 1803 Capt Shortland apptd to the Dolphin.

May 1805 cruising in the Channel.

End of Jun - early Jul 1806 a part of the homeward-bound convoy under the Carysfort and Dolphin, collected off St.-Christopher, West Indies, and escaped a French squadron.

12-17 Apr 1809 a part of a British squadron, off the Saintes, West Indies, which chased a French squadron, and captured the French 74-gun d'Haupoult of 1871 tons, and, under the name of Abercromby, cruised for three or four years in the British service. 1 May 1835 a portion of the prize money resulting from this action due for payment : namely a dividend from the estate of the bankrupt agent Henry Abbott : no doubt one of the many fraudsters who ripped off matelots in those days : both officers and ratings being fair game.

22 Apr 1809, Barbadoes, the Jason, Narcissus, Swaggerer, and Dolphin arrived with prisoners from the Saintes.

Portsmouth 27 Apr 1812 departed for Woolwich.

Falmouth 23 Jun 1812 arrived from a cruise.

Portsmouth 1 Sep 1812 arrived from the Downs.

Portsmouth 2 Jun 1813 departed with large supplies of naval stores for Bermuda.

Falmouth 6 Jun 1813 This morning appeared off this port with 550 sail of merchant vessels under convoy for Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean, Brazils, North America, and West Indies, and were joined from hence by a number of merchantmen.

21 Jul 1814, arrived Halifax, from Portsmouth.

Bermuda 7 Dec 1814 departed from Bermuda with a convoy for England.

Portsmouth 24 Jan 1814 arrived with a convoy from Bermuda.

Falmouth 9 Dec 1814 arrived from Bermuda.

Plymouth 31 Dec 1814 departed on a cruise.

Deal 5 Jan 1815 departed to the river.

Portsmouth 25 Aug 1816 arrived with masts and spars captured at the surrender of Dantsic in 1814.