Dido wanderer". According to Marie-Pierre Noël, "Elishat/Elisha" is a name repeatedly attested on Punic votives. It is composed of the Punic reflex of *ʾil- "god", the remote Phoenician creator god El, also a name for God in Judaism, and "‐issa", which could be either "ʾiš" (𐤀𐤎) means "fire", or another word for "woman". Other works state it is the feminine form of El. In Greek it appears as "Theiossô", which translates Élissa: "el" becoming "theos". This understanding of the chronology related to Dido and her company resulted in the following dates for Dido and her immediate relations, as derived from F.
HMS Dido (1784) of her guns burst. "Dido" was the only ship of the Mediterranean Fleet to exchange fire with French ships during Martin's cruise of 1794, but was unable to prevent the French escaping into Gourjean Bay. "Dido" captured "Révolution", a French vessel possibly a navy corvette, on 8 October 1794 off Porto Mauruzio between Nice and Genoa. "Dido" captured the xebec "Témėraire" on 14 March 1795. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS "Temeraire", later renamed to HMS "Transfer". Admiral Hotham sent "Dido" under Captain George Henry Towry and , a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate under Captain Robert Middleton, to