French frigate Didon (1828)

Portrait of Didon by François Roux
History
France
Name:	Didon
Namesake:	Dido
Builder:	Toulon
Laid down:	March 1825
Launched:	15 July 1828
Struck:	28 march 1867
General characteristics
Class and type:	Dryade class frigate
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	60 30-pounders

The Didon was a 60-gun Dryade-class first rank frigate of the French Navy.

Didon took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of the Tagus the next year.

Didon ran aground on the south coast of Saint Croix on 25 May 1836 and lost her rudder. Although refloated, she ran aground a second time before being taken in to Frederickstadt. She later took part in the Crimean War as a troopship.