HMS Dido (1784)

HMS Dido was one of the twenty-seven Enterprise class of 28-gun sixth-rate frigates in service with the Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Dido was commissioned in September 1787 under the command of Captain Charles Sandys. She participated in a notable action for which her crew would later be awarded the Naval General Service Medal; her participation in a campaign resulted in the award of another. Dido was sold for breaking up in 1817.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dido.

Capture of La Minerve off Toulon, 24 June 1795 by Thomas Whitcombe. In the foreground the damaged and dismasted Minerve duels with HMS Dido, while in the background Artémise flees, pursued by Lowestoffe.
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Dido
Ordered5 June 1782
Builder
  • Joshua Stewart and Mr. Hall
  • Sandgate, Kent
Laid downSeptember 1782
Launched27 November 1784
Completed15 March 1785
CommissionedSeptember 1787
Honors and
awards
  • Naval General Service Medal with clasps:
  • "Dido 24 June 1795"
  • "Egypt"
FateSold to be broken up, 3 April 1817
General characteristics
Tons burthen595 39⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 5 in (36.70 m) (gundeck)
  • 99 ft 3 in (30.25 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronade
  • Fc: 2 x 18-pounder carronades
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