HMS Dryad

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dryad, after the dryads of Greek mythology.

  • The first Dryad was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1795, sent to harbour service in 1832, and broken up in 1860.
  • The second Dryad was a screw frigate laid down in 1860 but cancelled in 1864.
  • The third Dryad was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1866 and broken up twenty years later.
  • The fourth Dryad was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1893 and renamed HMS Hamadryad in 1918 before being sold for scrapping in 1920.
  • The fifth Dryad was planned to be a light cruiser that was ordered in 1918. However, she was cancelled later that year before she had been launched.
  • The last Dryad was a stone frigate and home to the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School.

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