Dryad-class torpedo gunboat

The Dryad-class torpedo gunboat was the last class of torpedo gunboat built for the Royal Navy. This type of vessel was rapidly replaced by the faster torpedo boat destroyer, and all of the class were converted to minesweepers during World War I, with the exception of Hazard, which became a submarine depot ship.

Dryad underway in wartime grey paint
Class overview
BuildersPembroke, Devonport & Chatham dockyards
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byAlarm class
Succeeded byNone
Built1893–1894
In commission1894–1921
Completed5
Lost1
Scrapped4
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo gunboat
Displacement1070 tons
Length262 ft 6 in (80.0 m)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Draught13 ft (4.0 m)
Installed power
  • 3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
  • Halcyon: 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • Locomotive boilers
  • Twin screws
Speed18.2 kn (33.7 km/h)
Complement120
Armament
  • 2 × QF 4.7-inch (12 cm) guns
  • 4 × 6-pounder
  • 1 × Nordenfelt machine gun
  • 5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
  • Hussar as built:
  • 1 × QF 4.7-inch (12 cm) guns
  • 2 × 12-pounder guns
  • 1 × 6-pounder gun
  • 5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
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