French frigate Dryade (1783)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Dryade.

Proserpine, sister-ship of Dryade
History
France
Name	Dryade
Namesake	Dryad
Builder	Saint Malo
Laid down	1782
Launched	3 February 1783
Commissioned	April 1783
Stricken	1796
Fate	Scrapped 1801
General characteristics
Class and type	Hébé-class frigate
Displacement	700 tonnes
Length	46.3 m (152 ft)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft)
Complement	350
Armament	26 x long 18-pounder 10 x long 8-pounders 4 x caronades

Dryade [note 1] was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy.

In December 1787, Vénus formed a frigate division under Guy Pierre de Kersaint, along with Méduse, and sailed to Cochinchina to ferry Pigneau de Behaine, Ambassador of France.

model, Musée Saint-Remi.

In 1794, Dryade was at Brest under Ensign Meynene. The next year, under Lieutenant Lafargue, she cruised off Bretagne.

From 1796, she was used as a hulk in Brest harbour, and was eventually scrapped in 1801.

A model of Dryade is on display at the Abbey of Saint-Remi.[1]

Notes

1. The name is sometimes written Driade, which is an older orthography. See [1][2] Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine for details.

Citations

1. "Frégate La Dryade". Chenivesse Maquettes (in French).

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 158. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.