HMS Dolphin was the Dutch 7th Charter Dolfijn, launched in 1780 at Amsterdam.

[1] In 1781 she was under the command of Captain Mulder when she participated in the battle of Dogger Bank.

[4] HMS Wolverine and HMS Arrow captured her on 15 September 1799 off Vlie Island.

The Royal Navy took her into service and commissioned her in November as the sixth-rate HMS Dolphin under the command of Lieutenant R.

[2] She became a transport in 1800, and a storeship in 1802.