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DIDON sailing frigates (1828-1849)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Caroline (ex-Dryade), 8.1830- Dryade     Arsenal de Rochefort 18.10.1824 12.7.1828 10/1828 stricken 3.1838
Didon     Arsenal de Toulon 3/1825 15.7.1828 8/1828 guard station 1863
Renommée     Arsenal de Rochefort 8.7.1826 28.7.1847 1/1849 screw frigate 2.1858, steam transport 1.1869
Sémiramis     Arsenal de Rochefort 6.7.1829 --- --- built as screw frigate since 1859
Guerrière     Arsenal de Brest 8.6.1848 --- --- built as screw frigate since 1859


Technical data


Data variantsailing screw
Displacement normal, t

2497

2650

Displacement full, t   
Length, m

54.4 pp

57.8 pp

Breadth, m

14.5

14.5

Draught, m

6.72

7.05

No of shafts  1
Machinery

sails

sails + 1 HSE, boilers

Power, h. p.  787
Max speed, kts  9.2
Fuel, t  coal 200
Endurance, nm(kts)

 

 

Armament

Caroline, Didon: 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML

4 x 1 - 223/11 shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 50pdr SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades

Complement

513

498



Project history

30pdr frigates (1st rank from 1824), 60 guns.

Modernizations

(1856-2/1858), Renommée: was converted to screw frigate with data as given in the table.

1859, Renommée: - 4 x 1 - 223/11, 2 x 1 - 194/16, 2 x 1 - 165/17; + 2 x 1 - 163/13 MLR

Naval service

No significant events.