HMS Sidon (1846)
 Watercolour of HMS Sidon
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| Name | HMS Sidon |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard, London |
| Laid down | 26 May 1845 |
| Launched | 26 May 1846 |
| Fate | Sold 15 July 1864 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 1329 bm[1] |
| Length | 211 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Two direct-acting Seaward engines of combined 560 nhp |
| Speed | 10 kt (19 km/h) |
| Armament |
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HMS Sidon was a first-class paddle
botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Sidon served in the
Odessa, and on 4 October attacked a marching column of 12,000 men on their way to the Crimea. On this occasion Russian rocket hit her funnel.[4]
On 11 June 1860, Sidon ran aground at "Pomong Harbour", Cape Colony. Repairs cost £678.[5] She returned to the east coast of Africa and in 1861 destroyed the Royal Navy tender Enchantress, which had wrecked on 20 February 1861 on a reef off Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel.[citation needed]
Fate
Sidon was sold for breaking up on 15 July 1864 to Castle and Beech.
Citations
- ^ Colledge, p. 321
- ^ Russian War, 1854, Baltic and Black Sea, Official Correspondence edited by D. Bonner-Smith and Captain A. C. Dewar, Navy Records Society, 1943, pp. 245–6, 251–2.
- ^ Russian War, 1854, Baltic and Black Sea, Official Correspondence pp. 310–11.
- ^ Russian War, 1854, Baltic and Black Sea, Official Correspondence, pp. 334–6.
- ^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
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