For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dryad.
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. She served as a minesweeper during World War I and was broken up in 1920.
Ordered under the Naval Defence Act of 1889, which established the "Two-Power Standard", the class was contemporary with the first torpedo boat destroyers. With a length overall of 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m),[1] a beam of 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)[1] and a displacement of 1,070 tons,[1] these torpedo gunboats were not small ships by the standard of the time; they were larger than the majority of World War I destroyers. Dryad was engined by Maudslay, Sons & Field with two sets of vertical triple-expansion steam engines, two locomotive-type boilers, and twin screws. This layout produced 3,500 indicated horsepower (2,600 kW),[1] giving her a speed of 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h).[1] She carried between 100 and 160 tons of coal and was manned by 120 sailors and officers.[1]
In December 1899, Dryad was commissioned for more service on the Mediterranean Station. On 14 January 1900 Dryad left Chatham for the Mediterranean in order to relieve Hussar, which returned to Devonport to pay off.[4] She was stationed at Souda Bay until March 1900, when she returned to the station garrison at Malta.[5] Later the same month she was posted to Alexandria as a port ship.[6] In June 1902 she was lent to the East Indies Squadron for special service in the Gulf of Aden,[7] returning to Malta in late September.[8]
Tender to the Navigation SchoolEdit
In 1906 she was chosen as the tender to the Navigation School, conducting navigation training of officers at sea. In due course her name came to be used for the Navigation School itself, and then for HMS Dryad, the shore establishment at Southwick House in Hampshire.
HMS Dryad Floated at Chatham, 25 November 1893, by Miss Cecil Heneage, Daughter of Sir Algernon C F Heneage, KCB
By 1914 Dryad had been converted to a minesweeper and was operating in the North Sea from the port of Lowestoft. Four gunners from Dryad were assigned to the Q-shipInverlyon.[10] which on 15 August 1915 sank the German submarine UB-4 with gunfire.[10]
DisposalEdit
She was renamed Hamadryad in 1918 and was sold to H Auten & Co on 24 September 1920 for breaking.[1]
NotesEdit
^British "18 inch" torpedoes were 17.72 inches (45.0 cm) in diameter
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For other ships with the same name see HMS Dryad 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 She served as a minesweeper during World War I and was broken up in 1920 Dryad underway in wartime grey paintHistoryUnited KingdomNameDryadBuilderChatham DockyardLaid down15 April 1893Launched22 November 1893Commissioned21 July 1894RenamedHMS Hamadryad in 1918FateBroken up in 1920General characteristicsClass and typeDryad class torpedo gunboatDisplacement1070 tonsLength262 ft 6 in 80 0 m Beam30 ft 6 in 9 3 m Draught13 ft 4 0 m Installed power3 500 ihp 2 600 kW Propulsion2 3 cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines Locomotive boilers Twin screwsSpeed18 2 kn 33 7 km h Complement120Armament2 QF 4 7 inch 12 cm guns 4 6 pounder 1 Nordenfelt machine gun 5 18 inch torpedo tubes On conversion to a minesweeper in 1914 two torpedo tubes were removed Contents 1 Design 2 Armament 3 Service history 3 1 Mediterranean service 3 2 Tender to the Navigation School 3 3 Wartime service as a minesweeper 4 Disposal 5 Notes 6 Citations 7 BibliographyDesign EditOrdered under the Naval Defence Act of 1889 which established the Two Power Standard the class was contemporary with the first torpedo boat destroyers With a length overall of 262 ft 6 in 80 01 m 1 a beam of 30 ft 6 in 9 30 m 1 and a displacement of 1 070 tons 1 these torpedo gunboats were not small ships by the standard of the time they were larger than the majority of World War I destroyers Dryad was engined by Maudslay Sons amp Field with two sets of vertical triple expansion steam engines two locomotive type boilers and twin screws This layout produced 3 500 indicated horsepower 2 600 kW 1 giving her a speed of 18 2 knots 33 7 km h 1 She carried between 100 and 160 tons of coal and was manned by 120 sailors and officers 1 Armament EditThe armament when built comprised two QF 4 7 inch 12 cm guns four 6 pounder guns and a single 5 barrelled Nordenfelt machine gun Her primary weapon was five 18 inch 450 mm torpedo tubes Note 1 with two reloads 1 On conversion to a minesweeper in 1914 two of the five torpedoes were removed 1 Service history EditMediterranean service Edit Dryad deployed to Crete in February 1897 to operate as part of the International Squadron a multinational force made up of ships of the Austro Hungarian Navy French Navy Imperial German Navy Italian Royal Navy Regia Marina Imperial Russian Navy and Royal Navy that intervened in the 1897 1898 Greek uprising on Crete against rule by the Ottoman Empire On 21 February 1897 she joined the British battleship HMS Revenge and torpedo gunboat HMS Harrier the Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr II the Austro Hungarian armored cruiser SMS Kaiserin und Konigin Maria Theresia and the German protected cruiser SMS Kaiserin Augusta in the International Squadron s first direct offensive action a brief bombardment of Cretan insurgent positions on the heights east of Canea now Chania after the insurgents refused the squadron s order to take down a Greek flag they had raised 2 3 In December 1899 Dryad was commissioned for more service on the Mediterranean Station On 14 January 1900 Dryad left Chatham for the Mediterranean in order to relieve Hussar which returned to Devonport to pay off 4 She was stationed at Souda Bay until March 1900 when she returned to the station garrison at Malta 5 Later the same month she was posted to Alexandria as a port ship 6 In June 1902 she was lent to the East Indies Squadron for special service in the Gulf of Aden 7 returning to Malta in late September 8 Tender to the Navigation School Edit In 1906 she was chosen as the tender to the Navigation School conducting navigation training of officers at sea In due course her name came to be used for the Navigation School itself and then for HMS Dryad the shore establishment at Southwick House in Hampshire On 20 June 1907 Dryad rescued the crew of HM Torpedo Boat 99 after the torpedo boat sank without loss of life during afternoon steam trials in the English Channel off Torquay England when her propeller shaft broke and punctured her hull 9 Wartime service as a minesweeper Edit nbsp HMS Dryad Floated at Chatham 25 November 1893 by Miss Cecil Heneage Daughter of Sir Algernon C F Heneage KCBBy 1914 Dryad had been converted to a minesweeper and was operating in the North Sea from the port of Lowestoft Four gunners from Dryad were assigned to the Q ship Inverlyon 10 which on 15 August 1915 sank the German submarine UB 4 with gunfire 10 Disposal EditShe was renamed Hamadryad in 1918 and was sold to H Auten amp Co on 24 September 1920 for breaking 1 Notes Edit British 18 inch torpedoes were 17 72 inches 45 0 cm in diameterCitations Edit a b c d e f g h i Winfield 2004 p 307 McTiernan p 17 McTiernan Mick Spyros Kayales A different sort of flagpole mickmctiernan com 20 November 2012 Archived from the original on 6 January 2018 Retrieved 15 January 2018 Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels Archived from the original on 20 December 2009 Retrieved 13 May 2008 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36078 London 1 March 1900 p 6 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36095 London 21 March 1900 p 11 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36785 London 4 June 1902 p 9 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36885 London 29 September 1902 p 8 Anonymous Torpedo Boat Sunk Poverty Bay Herald Volume XXXIV Issue 11045 10 August 1907 a b Perkins Hugh September 2008 The gunner and the U boat Sea Classics Canoga Park California Challenge Publications OCLC 60621086 Retrieved 5 March 2009 permanent dead link Bibliography Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS Dryad 1893 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 Brown Les 2023 Royal Navy Torpedo Vessels Barnsley UK Seaforth Publishing ISBN 978 1 3990 2285 9 McTiernan Mick A Very Bad Place Indeed For a Soldier The British involvement in the early stages of the European Intervention in Crete 1897 1898 King s College London September 2014 Winfield R Lyon D 2004 The Sail and Steam Navy List All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 1889 London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 032 6 OCLC 52620555 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Dryad 1893 amp oldid 1138691855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
