French frigate Didon (1828)
Appearance
![]() Portrait of Didon by François Roux
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History | |
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Name | Didon |
Namesake | Dido |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | March 1825 |
Launched | 15 July 1828 |
Stricken | 28 March 1867 |
Fate | Broken up 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dryade-class frigate |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 60 30-pounders |
The Didon was a 60-gun Dryade-class first rank frigate of the French Navy.
Career
[edit]Didon took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of the Tagus the next year.[1]
Didon ran aground on the south coast of Saint Croix on 25 May 1836 and lost her rudder. Although refloated, she ran aground a second time before being taken in to Frederickstadt.[2] She later took part in the Crimean War as a troopship.[1]