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− | 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| | + | 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|pp. 33-34}} This left the two funnels widely spaced, leading the ''Dryads'' to be described as "rather odd-looking ships".{{Conways1860|p. 90}} |
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Revision as of 23:25, 25 August 2014
The five torpedo gunboats of the Dryad Class (also referred to as the Halcyon Class in some sources) were a further revision of the Alarm class, and were built at the same time as the Royal Navy's first destroyers, which quickly took over their intended anti-torpedo boat role.
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Dryad | Chatham Dockyard | 15 April, 1893 | 22 November, 1893 | 21 July, 1894 | Sold 24 September, 1920 |
Halcyon | Devonport Dockyard | 2 January, 1893 | 6 April, 1894 | 16 May, 1895 | Sold 6 November, 1919 |
Harrier | Devonport Dockyard | 21 January, 1893 | 20 February, 1894 | 8 July, 1896 | Sold 23 February, 1920 |
Hazard | Pembroke Dockyard | 1 December, 1892 | 17 February, 1894 | 24 July, 1895 | Sunk 28 January, 1918 |
Hussar | Devonport Dockyard | 3 April, 1894 | 3 July, 1894 | 3 December, 1896 | Sold 13 July, 1921 |
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 cruisers.[1] This left the two funnels widely spaced, leading the Dryads to be described as "rather odd-looking ships".[2]
Machinery
All five used locomotive boilers, with much the same results as in the previous Alarms.[3]
Armament
As built, all except 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's gun armament differed from the others:
- One 4.7 inch
- Two 12-pounder guns
- One 6-pounder gun
Conversions
Dryad, Halcyon, and Harrier were converted to minesweepers in 1914, surrendering two of their torpedo tubes to accomodate the necessary minesweeping gear.[4]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Brown, David K, RCNC (2003). Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860 — 1905. London: Chatham Publishing. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781591140818 (on Amazon.com).
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).
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