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Two ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Sidon''''' after the [[Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–41)|naval bombardment]] of [[Sidon]] a city in [[Lebanon]] in 1840. |
Two ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Sidon''''' after the [[Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–41)|naval bombardment]] of [[Sidon]] a city in [[Lebanon]] in 1840. |
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Revision as of 02:16, 6 April 2017
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sidon after the naval bombardment of Sidon a city in Lebanon in 1840.
- HMS Sidon was a first-class paddle frigate launched in 1846 and scrapped in 1864.
- HMS Sidon was a S-class submarine launched in 1944. She sank in Portland harbour in 1955 as a result of an accidental torpedo explosion, was subsequently raised and then sunk as a target in 1957.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.