HMS Dryad

Last updated May 12, 2022

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

HMS Dryad (1795) 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 (1866) was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1866 and broken up twenty years later.
HMS Dryad (1893) was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat launched in 1893 and renamed HMS Hamadryad in 1918 before being sold for scrapping in 1920.
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 have been temporarily renamed Dryad:
- HMS Drudge was renamed HMS Dryad from 26 January 1919 until later in the same year.
- HMS Rattler was renamed HMS Dryad between September 1919 and 1924.
- HMS Carstairs was renamed HMS Dryad from 4 January 1924 until 15 August 1924.
The last HMS Dryad (shore establishment) was a stone frigate and home to the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School.

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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.

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