French corvette Dauphine (1773)

History
France
NameDauphine
BuilderIle Bourbon (La Réunion)
Laid downcirca 1772
LaunchedJune 1773
In serviceAugust 1773
General characteristics
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • In 1780
  • 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 12 swivel guns
ArmourTimber

Dauphine was a small 4-gun corvette of the French Navy. She is notable for the rescue operation to Tromelin Island that gave it its present name, and for taking part in the Second voyage of Kerguelen. The Baie de la Dauphine, in the Kerguelen Archipelago, is named in her honour.