French frigate Didon (1828)
{{other ships|French ship Didon}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Didon 1828.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption=Portrait of Didon by François Roux }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=France |Ship flag=Image:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg Image:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg |Ship name=Didon |Ship namesake=Dido |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Toulon |Ship laid down=March 1825 |Ship launched=15 July 1828 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck=28 March 1867 |Ship fate= Broken up 1867 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Dryade|frigate}} |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship hold depth= |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship complement= |Ship armament=60 30-pounders |Ship notes= }} |
The Didon was a 60-gun {{sclass|Dryade|frigate|0}} 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.{{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |pages=151 |publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau}}
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.{{cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |location=Edinburgh |date=9 July 1836 |issue=17949 }} She later took part in the Crimean War as a troopship.
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Category:Age of Sail frigates of France
Category:Frigates of the French Navy