HMS ''Dolphin'' was a

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of the

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launched in 1882, used as school ship, and finally broken up in 1977.

Service history

''Dolphin'' was launched in 1882. In 1884 she was under the command of

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in the Mediterranean where she took part in military operations in eastern Sudan in 1884–85."Rear-Admiral Sir S. Eardley-Wilmot", ''The Times'', 1 March 1929, p. 11. In 1893, while under the command of Commander Horatio Nelson Dudding, she rescued the crew of the

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, which was wrecked on the coast of the

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near Ras Zeith on 21 May 1893 during an around-the-world cadet cruise. By 1900 ''Dolphin'' had become a seagoing training

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under the command of

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John Luce. She took part in the

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held at

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on 16 August 1902 for the

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of King

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. She served as a submarine depot ship from 1912 and for the duration of World War I. On 19 April 1925, she foundered in the

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while under tow to Leith to become a nautical museum but was subsequently raised and beached.

TS Dolphin

Following repairs, she was later converted for use as a school ship for

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and renamed the ''TS Dolphin''. She was broken up in 1977 at

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