Name Didon Laid down March 1825 Construction started March 1825 Builder Toulon | Namesake Dido Struck 28 march 1867 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(Text) CC BY-SA