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HMS Dolphin (1813)
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Dolphin_vs_Hebe_and_a_brig.jpg) Dolphin capturing Hebe, 1813
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Dolphin |
| Owner | John Hollins, John Smith Hollins, Michael McBlair, Lemuel Taylor, Samuel Smith & James A. Buchanan |
| Homeport | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Fate | Captured April 1813 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Dolphin |
| Acquired | By capture, 3 April 1813 |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1813 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "April & May Boat Service 1813" [1] |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Tons burthen | 161 (bm)[2] |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament | 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 12-pounder carronades[2] |
HMS Dolphin was the 12-gun American privateer schooner Dolphin that Admiral John Borlase Warren's squadron captured on 13 April 1813 and that the Royal Navy took into service. As HMS Dolphin she participated in boat actions on 29 April and 5 May 1813 for which the Admiralty issued a clasp for the Naval General Service Medal. Her ultimate fate is currently undocumented.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 247.
- ^ a b Men of Marque website [1] -accessed 16 March 2012
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