HMS Dryad
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dryad, after the tree nymphs of Greek mythology.
- HMS Dryad was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1795, sent to harbour service in 1832, and broken up in 1860.
- HMS Dryad was a screw frigate laid down in 1860 but cancelled in 1864.
- HMS Dryad was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1866 and broken up twenty years later.
- HMS Dryad was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1893 and renamed HMS Hamadryad in 1918 before being sold for scrapping in 1920.
- The fifth HMS 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.
- Three navigation schoolships - temporarily renamed - HMS Drudge (1887), HMS Rattler (1886) and HMS Carstairs
- The last HMS Dryad was a stone frigate and home to the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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