HMS Dido (1869)
HMS Dido circa. 1871 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Dido |
| Namesake | Dido |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 23 October 1869 |
| Completed | 20 April 1871 |
| Decommissioned | Lent to the War Dept as a hulk, 1886 |
| Renamed | HMS Actaeon II, 1906 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 July 1922 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop (later corvette) |
| Displacement | 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) |
| Tons burthen | 1,268 bm |
| Length | 212 ft (64.6 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
| Depth | 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m) |
| Installed power | 2,518 ihp (1,878 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 180 |
| Armament |
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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.