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HMS ''Sidon'' was a first-class paddle frigate designed by Sir Charles Napier (naval officer), Charles Napier. Her name commemorated his attack on the port of Sidon in 1840 in the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841), Syrian War. Her keel was laid down on 26 May 1845 at Deptford Dockyard, and she was ship naming and launching, launched on 26 May 1846. She had a fairly short career for a warship, but it included the rescue of the crew of the sinking P&O (company), P&O ship ''Ariel'' on 28 May 1848, and a trip up the Nile that same year, when her passengers included the explorer and botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker.
''Sidon'' served in the Black Sea in the Crimean War, 1854–55 under the command of Captain George Goldsmith (Royal Navy officer), George Goldsmith. In April 1854, in company with HMS Firebrand (1842), HMS ''Firebrand'' (Captain William Houston Stewart), she blockaded the coast from Kavarna to the mouths of the River Danube. In September, in the Allied invasion of the Crimea, she was assigned to escorting the French troop transports, and assisted the French line-of-battleship ''Algiers'', which had gone aground in Evpatoria, Eupatoria Bay. She was then sent to monitor Russian movements around 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.''Russian War, 1854, Baltic and Black Sea, Official Correspondence'', pp. 334–6.
On 11 June 1860, ''Sidon'' ran aground at "Pomong Harbour", Cape Colony. Repairs cost £678. She returned to the east coast of Africa and in 1861 destroyed the Royal Navy ship's tender, tender Sunny South (clipper), ''Enchantress'', which had wrecked on 20 February 1861 on a reef off Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel.
''Sidon'' served in the Black Sea in the Crimean War, 1854–55 under the command of Captain George Goldsmith (Royal Navy officer), George Goldsmith. In April 1854, in company with HMS Firebrand (1842), HMS ''Firebrand'' (Captain William Houston Stewart), she blockaded the coast from Kavarna to the mouths of the River Danube. In September, in the Allied invasion of the Crimea, she was assigned to escorting the French troop transports, and assisted the French line-of-battleship ''Algiers'', which had gone aground in Evpatoria, Eupatoria Bay. She was then sent to monitor Russian movements around 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.''Russian War, 1854, Baltic and Black Sea, Official Correspondence'', pp. 334–6.
On 11 June 1860, ''Sidon'' ran aground at "Pomong Harbour", Cape Colony. Repairs cost £678. She returned to the east coast of Africa and in 1861 destroyed the Royal Navy ship's tender, tender Sunny South (clipper), ''Enchantress'', which had wrecked on 20 February 1861 on a reef off Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel.
Fate
''Sidon'' was sold for Ship breaking, breaking up on 15 July 1864 to Castle and Beech.Citations
References
* * Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif ''The Sail and Steam Navy List, The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889''. Chatham Publishing, 2004. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Sidon Ships built in Deptford 1846 ships Frigates of the Royal Navy Victorian-era frigates of the United Kingdom Maritime incidents in June 1860