HMS Didon

The engagement between HMS Phoenix and Didon, 10 August 1805, by Thomas Luny
History
France
Name	Didon
Namesake	Dido
Builder	Enterprise Ethéart, Saint Malo (Construteurs: François Pestel and Pierre Ozanne)
Laid down	September 1796
Launched	1 August 1799
Captured	on 10 August 1805
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Didon
In service	Captured on 10 August 1805
Fate	Broken up August 1811
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Virginie-class frigate
Displacement	1,400 tons (French)[2]
Tons burthen	1,09042⁄94 (bm)
Length	153 ft 0 in (46.6 m) (overall) 124 ft 7+1⁄8 in (38.0 m) (keel)
Beam	40 ft 1 in (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	French service:340 (war), 260 (peace)[2] British service: 284; 300 (later)
Armament	French service: British service: Upper deck:28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 6 × 9-pounder guns + 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Didon was a Virginie-class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. Captured by the British in 1805, she went on to serve briefly in the Royal Navy as the 38-gun fifth-rate HMS Didon until she was sold in 1810.