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Career | |
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Launched: | 23 June 1821 |
Fate: | sold |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 198 tons |
Length: | 88 feet |
Beam: | 23.5 feet |
Draft: | 12.3 feet |
Speed: | 17 knots |
Armament: | twelve six-pounders |
Dolphin arrived at Valparaiso, Chile, on 6 February 1822, and cruised on the coasts of Ecuador, Peru, and Chile to protect American commerce and the whaling industry. Between 18 August 1825 and 24 August 1826 she cruised to search for the mutineers of the American whaler Globe, returning to Callao, with the two surviving members of the mutiny. During this cruise she visited Hawaii where she assisted men of the American ship London wrecked there, and helped other American citizens in the islands. Dolphin served in the Pacific until 2 December 1835 when she was sold.