Dolphin was launched in 1882. In 1884 she was under the command of
Sydney Eardley-Wilmot in the Mediterranean where she took part in military operations in eastern Sudan in 1884–85. In 1893, while under the command of Commander Horatio Nelson Dudding, she rescued the crew of the
Brazilian Navy corvette , which was wrecked on the coast of the
Red Sea near
Ras Zeith on 21 May 1893 during an around-the-world cadet cruise. By 1900
Dolphin had become a seagoing training
brig under the command of
Lieutenant John Luce. She took part in the
fleet review held at
Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the
coronation of King
Edward VII. She served as a submarine depot ship from 1912 and for the duration of World War I. She was broken up in 1977 at
Bo'ness. == References ==