HMS Didon
The engagement between HMS Phoenix and Didon, 10 August 1805, by Thomas Luny | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| Name | Didon |
| Namesake | Dido |
| Builder | Enterprise Ethéart, Saint Malo (Construteurs: François Pestel and Pierre Ozanne) |
| Laid down | September 1796 |
| Launched | 1 August 1799 |
| Captured | on 10 August 1805 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Didon |
| In service | Captured on 10 August 1805 |
| Fate | Broken up August 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Virginie-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,400 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 1,09042⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 40 ft 1 in (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Didon was a Virginie-class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. Captured by the British in 1805, she went on to serve briefly in the Royal Navy as the 38-gun fifth-rate HMS Didon until she was sold in 1810.