HMS Dido (1869)

HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop built for the Royal Navy in 1869. She was the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was reclassified in 1876 as a corvette, and in 1906 renamed Actaeon II. She served as a mine depot ship and was merged into the Torpedo School at Sheerness, being sold for breaking in 1922.

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

HMS Dido circa. 1871
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dido
NamesakeDido
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Launched23 October 1869
Completed20 April 1871
DecommissionedLent to the War Dept as a hulk, 1886
RenamedHMS Actaeon II, 1906
FateSold for scrap, 17 July 1922
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeEclipse-class wooden screw sloop (later corvette)
Displacement1,760 long tons (1,790 t)
Tons burthen1,268 bm
Length212 ft (64.6 m) (p/p)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Depth21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power2,518 ihp (1,878 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal steam engine
  • 4 × rectangular boilers
Sail planShip rig
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement180
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
  • 4 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns
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