HMS Dryad
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Dryad, after the tree nymphs
of Greek mythology
.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Dryad, after the tree nymphs
Dryad
Dryads are tree nymphs in Greek mythology. In Greek drys signifies 'oak,' from an Indo-European root *derew- 'tree' or 'wood'. Thus Dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, though the term has come to be used for all tree nymphs in general...
of Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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- HMS DryadHMS Dryad (1795)HMS Dryad was a fifth-rate sailing frigate of the Royal Navy that served for 64 years, at first during the Napoleonic Wars and then in the suppression of slavery. She fought in a notable single-ship action in 1805 when she captured the Proserpine, an action that would later earn her crew the Naval...
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 frigateScrew frigateSteam frigates and the smaller steam corvettes were steam-powered warships.The first vessel that can be considered a steam frigate was the Demologos which was launched in 1815 for the United States Navy....
laid down in 1860 but cancelled in 1864. - HMS DryadHMS Dryad (1866)HMS Dryad was a 4-gun Amazon-class screw sloop, launched at Devonport in 1866. She served on the East Indies and North American Stations, taking part in the Abyssinian War, a confrontation with the French at Tamatave and theEgyptian War...
was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1866 and broken up twenty years later. - HMS DryadHMS Dryad (1893)HMS Dryad was the name ship of the Dryad-class torpedo gunboats. She was launched at Chatham Dockyard on 22 November 1893, the first of the class to be completed...
was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboatDryad class torpedo gunboatThe Dryad-class torpedo gunboat was the last class of torpedo gunboat built for the Royal Navy. This type of vessel was rapidly replaced by the faster torpedo boat destroyer, and all of the class were converted to minesweepers during World War I, with the exception of Hazard, which became a...
launched in 1893 and renamed HMS Hamadryad in 1918 before being sold for scrapping in 1920. - HMS Dryad was planned to be a light cruiserLight cruiserA light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
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 DryadHMS Dryad (establishment)HMS Dryad was a stone frigate . It was the home of the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School until 2004.Originally the school was based in Portsmouth Dockyard. The establishment took its name from the ship used as its tender, the fourth HMS Dryad. During World War II it was moved to Southwick House...
was a stone frigateStone frigateStone frigate is a nickname for a naval establishment on land. The term has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French...
and home to the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School.