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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 ''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'' was a stone frigate and home to the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Dryad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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