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The five [[Torpedo Gunboat|torpedo gunboats]] of the '''Dryad Class''' (also referred to as the '''Halcyon Class''' in some sources) were a further revision of the [[Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat (1892)|''Alarm'' class]], and were built at the same time as the Royal Navy's [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|first destroyers]], which quickly took over their intended anti-torpedo boat role.

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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of five vessels
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! align=center | Builder 
! align=center | Laid Down 
! align=center | Launched 
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| {{Template:UK-Dryad}}
|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Chatham Dockyard]]
|15 April, 1893
|22 November, 1893
|21 July, 1894
|Sold 24 September, 1920
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| {{Template:UK-Halcyon}}
|[[Devonport Royal Dockyard|Devonport Dockyard]]
|2 January, 1893
|6 April, 1894
|16 May, 1895
|Sold 6 November, 1919
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-Harrier}}
|[[Devonport Royal Dockyard|Devonport Dockyard]]
|21 January, 1893
|20 February, 1894
|8 July, 1896
|Sold 23 February, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-Hazard}}
|[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard|Pembroke Dockyard]]
|1 December, 1892
|17 February, 1894
|24 July, 1895
|Sunk 28 January, 1918
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-Hussar}}
|[[Devonport Royal Dockyard|Devonport Dockyard]]
|3 April, 1894
|3 July, 1894
|3 December, 1896
|Sold 13 July, 1921
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==Construction==
The ''Dryads'' were enlarged ''Alarms'' with a poop added for additional officers' accomodations and the engineering spaces rearranged so that the engines were placed between the boiler rooms instead of abaft of them, a similar arrangement to that used in the contemporary [[Barham Class Cruiser (1889)|''Barham'' class cruisers]].{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 33-34}}  This left the two funnels widely spaced, leading the ''Dryads'' to be described as "rather odd-looking ships".{{Conways1860|p. 90}}

==Machinery==
All five used locomotive boilers, with much the same results as in the previous ''[[Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat (1892)|Alarms]]''.{{Conways1860|pp. 89-90}}

==Armament==
As built, all except {{UK-Hussar}} carried:
* Two 4.7 inch (45-pounder) quick-firing guns
* Four 6-pounder guns
* One Nordenfelt five-barrelled machine-gun
* Five 18-inch torpedo tubes and seven torpedoes.

''Hussar''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> gun armament differed from the others:
* One 4.7 inch
* Two 12-pounder guns
* One 6-pounder gun

==Conversions==
{{UK-Dryad}}, {{UK-Halcyon}}, and {{UK-Harrier}} were converted to minesweepers in 1914, surrendering two of their torpedo tubes to accomodate the necessary minesweeping gear.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|pp. 306-307}}

==See Also==
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryad_Class_Torpedo_Gunboats}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{BrownWD}}
*{{Conways1860}}
*{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers}}
*{{LyonWinfieldSteamList}}
*{{March}}
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