HMS DIDO F104. HMS Dido (37) was a Dido-class light cruiser, launched on 18 July 1939 and broken up in 1958. Apr 4, 2012 - HMNZS Southland, F104...ex-HMS Dido (which is who she was in this photo I suspect). Full Screen - Add Comment - Bookmark this photo - Edit Info: Get thumbnail code to post in forum, blog or homepage: Photo Details: Photographer: Chris Howell [View profile] Title: ... F104: Technical Data: Vessel type:-Additional Information: AIS Information: AIS information: N/A; ee also *HMS "Didon" was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate captured from the French in 1805 and broken up in 1811. HMS Dido (F104) was a Royal Navy (RN) Leander class Batch 2TA frigate. HMS Dido War Record; Rate this page. Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net. HMS DIDO - Dido-class AA Cruiser including Convoy Escort Movements. HMS Dido (1896) was an Eclipse-class second class cruiser launched in 1896, used as a depot ship after 1913 and sold in 1926. Pages viewed today - 388 Most pages viewed - 4,980 Photo Votes - 1,158,967 Last ship vote - Rodney; Ex Most votes in a day - 2,100 Votes today - 7. *HMS|Dido|F104|6 was a "Leander"-class frigate launched in 1961. HMS Dido, HMS Phoebe, HMS Calcutta, HMS Carlisle and HMS Coventry were detached from their convoy’s to join the Tiger convoy coming from Gibraltar. HMS Dido (F104) was a Royal Navy (RN) Leander class Batch 2TA frigate. HMS Dido service from 1940 to her bombing of Crete in May 1941. Entering service in 1961, Dido was involved in the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, served with NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic on several occasions, and was one of the frigates used for the filming of the drama series Warship. Both MW convoy’s made direct for Malta escorted by HMS Hotspur, HMS Havock and HMS Imperial. She was sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1983 and was renamed HMNZS "Southland". HMNZS Southland ex HMS Dido (F104) a Southland (Batch 1) (ex-Dido) transferred to the RNZN at Portsmouth 18 July 1983 and commenced refit at the Vosper Ship builders, Southampton, on the next day. Commissioned at Southampton 21 December 1983, worked up and sailed for NZ 9 May 1984. HMS Dido was a Royal Navy (RN) Leander-class frigate.Entering service in 1961, Dido was involved in the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, served with NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic on several occasions, and was one of the frigates used for the filming of the drama series Warship. HMS Dido (Photo Ships, click to enlarge) return to Contents List : DIDO Class cruiser ordered under the 1936 Build Programme from Cammell Laird at Birkenhead on 21at March 1937. 9 May 1941. 45: 7.51: Your comment. HMS Dido (viirinumero F104) oli Britannian Kuninkaallisen laivaston Leander-luokan fregatti.. 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