HMS Didon (1805)

HMS Didon (1805)

HMS "Didon" was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy. Originally a French vessel, she was captured on 10 August 1805 off Cape Finisterre by HMS "Phoenix" and taken into the Navy, being renamed "Didon". She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear this name.

"Didon" was broken up in August 1811.

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