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 a light cruiser ordered in 1918 but cancelled later that year before she had been launched.
- The current Dryad is part of the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School, and is a 300 acre (1.2 km²) stone frigate located at Southwick near to Portsmouth.