HMS Dryad (1866)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dryad.
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 the Egyptian War. She was sold for breaking in 1885.
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Name | HMS Dryad |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | April 1865[1] |
Launched | 25 September 1866 |
Decommissioned | September 1885 |
Honours and awards | Abyssinia (1868) |
Fate | Broken up in April 1886 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw Sloop |
Displacement | 1,574 tons |
Length | 187 ft (57 m) |
Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 17 ft (5.2 m)[2] |
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Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
Speed | 11.9 knots (22.0 km/h) |
Complement | 150 (170 after armament converted) |
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