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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Dryad'' (1893)|comp=21 Jul, 1894{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 307}}
|fatedate=24 Sep, 1920{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 306}}
|order=[[Naval Defence Act]]
|name=Dryad
|launch=22 Nov, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 90}}
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Chatham]]{{Conways1860|p. 90}}
|laid=15 Apr, 1893{{Conways1860|p. 90}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Dryad''''' was one of five [[Dryad Class Torpedo Gunboat (1893)|''Dryad'' class torpedo gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==

Upon entering service in early 1895, ''Dryad'' under the command of Commander [[Frederick Sidney Pelham]] ventured to the Mediterranean to relieve {{UK-Gannet}} after several years' service there, so the latter ship could return to Englad to be taken out of service.{{NMI|Saturday, January 5, 1895, Issue 34466, p.10}}

''Dryad'' was eventually fitted out as a minesweeper before the war and was assigned to help [[Cruiser Force B]] enforce the Northern Patrol.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=17 January, 1895<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/225.|D7601619}} ff. 1023, 1025.</ref>{{NLApr97|p. 219}}|end=29 April, 1898{{FC}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Goodyere Dineley|nick=Francis G. Dineley|appt=7 December, 1899{{NLMar01|p. 248}}|end=31 December, 1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Penrose Rushton Coode|nick=Charles P. R. Coode|appt=15 January, 1902<ref>''Naval & Military intelligence'' The Times (London). Friday, 17 January 1902. (36667), p. 9.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 248}}|ass=9 February, 1902<ref>Coode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/98.|D7602443}} f. 105.</ref>|end=21 August, 1903<ref>Coode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/98.|D7602443}} f. 105.</ref>|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Herbert L. Watts Jones|appt=10 September, 1903<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLJan04|p. 304}}|end=30 June, 1904<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=James Uchtred Farie|nick=James U. Farie|appt=5 December, 1904<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|end=3 January, 1905<ref>Farie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 385.</ref>|note=for voyage home}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Harry Hesketh Smyth|nick=Harry H. Smyth|appt=14 January, 1905<ref>Smyth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/287.|D7576552}} ff. 227, 287.</ref>|end=17 November, 1905<ref>Smyth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/287.|D7576552}} ff. 227, 287.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Bellenden Purvis|nick=Archibald B. Purvis|appt=17 November, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 304}}|end=17 January, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=22 February, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 304}}|end=|note=as head of Navigation School}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Ernest Troyte Harper|nick=John E. T. Harper|appt=June, 1906<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 507.</ref>|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1906]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Laurence Eliot Power|nick=Laurence E. Power|appt=12 February, 1907{{NLJan10|p. 304}}|end=1 February, 1910{{NLJan10|p. 304}}{{NLJul11|p. 304}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry William Grant|nick=Henry W. Grant|appt=1 February, 1910<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref>{{NLJul11|p. 304}}|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref>|note=as head of Navigation School}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=5 January, 1912{{NLMar14|p. 305}}|end=11 November, 1914<ref>Booty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/173.|D7602512}} f. 186.</ref>|note=as head of Navigation School}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernard Elliot Prichard|nick=Bernard E. Prichard|appt=29 July, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 307}}|ass=11 November, 1914<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Booty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/173.|D7602512}} f. 186.</ref>|end=21 February, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan|nick=Norman M. C. Thurstan|appt=21 February, 1915{{NLOct16|p. 393''t''}}|end=15 November, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Myles Aldington Blomfield|nick=Myles A. Blomfield|appt=13 November, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''t''}}|end=3 December, 1916{{INF}}{{NLNov17|p. 398''f''}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Edward Hamond|nick=Charles E. Hamond|appt=3 December, 1916{{NLDec18|p. 807}}|end=4 May, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Edward Hamond|nick=Charles E. Hamond|appt=2 August, 1918|end=February, 1919}}
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==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-22-HMS_Dryad.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dryad_(1893)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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