HMS Dryad

HMS Dryad

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.

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