Dryad-class torpedo gunboat

Dryad underway in wartime grey paint
Class overview
Builders	Pembroke, Devonport & Chatham dockyards
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Alarm class
Succeeded by	None
Built	1893–1894
In commission	1894–1921[1]
Completed	5
Lost	1
Scrapped	4
General characteristics [1]
Type	Torpedo gunboat
Displacement	1070 tons
Length	262 ft 6 in (80.0 m)
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Draught	13 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
Speed	18.2 kn (33.7 km/h)
Complement	120
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

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.