French frigate Didon (1828) explained

The Didon was a 60-gun 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.[1]

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.[2] She later took part in the Crimean War as a troopship.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 151 . Group Retozel-Maury Millau.
  2. News: Shipping Intelligence . Caledonian Mercury . Edinburgh . 9 July 1836 . 17949 .

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