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French frigate Didon (1828)

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Name
  
Didon

Laid down
  
March 1825

Class and type
  
Dryade class frigate

Construction started
  
March 1825

Builder
  
Toulon

Namesake
  
Dido

Struck
  
28 march 1867

Sail plan
  
Launched
  
15 July 1828

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The Didon was a 60-gun Dryade-class first rank frigate of the French Navy.

Career

Didon took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of the Tagus the next year.

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. She later took part in the Crimean War as a troopship.

References

French frigate Didon (1828) Wikipedia