HMS Dolphin was a screw sloop ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1882, used as school ship and finally broken up in 1977.
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. By 1902 she 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 in World War I. She foundered in 1925 but was beached and used as a school ship. She was broken up in 1977.