HMS Didon (1805)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Didon |
| In service: | Captured on 10 August 1805 |
| Fate: | Broken up August 1811 |
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| Class and type: | frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,091 tons |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: | 38 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Didon was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy. Originally a French vessel, she was captured on 10 August 1805 off Cape Finisterre by HMS Phoenix and taken into the Navy, being renamed Didon. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear this name.
Didon was broken up in August 1811.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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