HMS Sidon (1846)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Sidon |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard, London |
| Laid down: | May 26, 1845 |
| Launched: | May 26, 1846 |
| Fate: | Sold 15 July 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,316 tons |
| Length: | 211 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two direct-acting Seaward engines making 560 horsepower (420 kW) |
| Speed: | 10 kt (19 km/h) |
| Armament: |
Two x 68 pounder (31 kg)/88 hundredweight (4.5 t) pivots (fore and aft)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Sidon.
HMS Sidon was a first-class paddle frigate designed by Sir Charles Napier: her name commemorated his attack on the port of Sidon in 1840 during the Syrian War. Her keel was laid down May 26, 1845 at Deptford Dockyard, and she was launched on May 26, 1846. She had a fairly short career for a warship, but it included the rescue of the crew of the sinking Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation vessel Ariel on May 28, 1848, and a trip up the Nile that same year, when her passengers included the explorer and botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. She was sold for breaking up on 15 July 1864 to Castle and Beech.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
