HMS Dido (1836)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dido.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Dido
Namesake: Dido
Ordered: 26 February 1834
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: September 1834
Launched: 13 June 1836
Completed: 26 January 1837
Commissioned: 25 October 1836
Fate: Sold for scrap, 3 March 1903
General characteristics
Class and type: Daphne-class corvette
Tons burthen: 734 10/94 bm
Length:
Beam: 37 ft 8 in (11.5 m)
Draught: 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m)
Depth: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Complement: 145
Armament: 18 × 32-pdr cannon

HMS Dido was a 18-gun Daphne-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s.

Description

Dido had a length at the gundeck of 120 feet (36.6 m) and 99 feet (30.2 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 37 feet 8 inches (11.5 m), a draught of 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) and a depth of hold of 18 feet (5.5 m). The ship's tonnage was 734 1094 tons burthen.[1] The Daphne class was armed with eighteen 32-pounder cannon. The ships had a crew of 145 officers and ratings that later increased to 175.[2]

Construction and career

Dido, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 26 February 1834, laid down in September 1834 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 13 June 1836.[2] She was completed on 26 January 1837 at Sheerness Dockyard and commissioned on 25 October 1836.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Winfield, p. 931
  2. 1 2 Winfield & Lyon, p. 120
  3. Colledge, p. 97

References

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