Dido, 1869
Type: Corvette ; Armament 4
Launched : 23 Oct 1869 ; Disposal date or year : 1922
BM: 1277 tons ; Displacement: 1755 tons
Propulsion: Screw
Machinery notes: 2518 hpi 350 hp
Notes:

1870 Portsmouth, Ship's Co borne in Asia.

3 May 1871 departed from Spithead to test her engines in preparation for service on the West Coast of Africa and in the West Indies.

7 May 1871 has departed for service on the West Coast of Africa and the West Indies stations.

27 May 1879 Commissioned at Portsmouth.

1879 Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa.

Apr 1886 Barbadoes.

1886 Hulk.

1890 Lent to the War Department as Submarine Mining Hulk in the Forth.

1906 Renamed Actaeon II.

1914 Sheerness, Harbour Service.

NL Jan 1921 Sheerness. Tender to Actaeon.