French frigate Dryade (1783)

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

Proserpine, sister-ship of Dryade
History
France
Name: Dryade
Namesake: Dryad
Builder: Saint Malo
Laid down: 1782
Launched: 3 February 1783
Commissioned: April 1783
Struck: 1796
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

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]

References
  1. The name is sometimes written Driade, which is an older orthography. See Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine for details.
  1. "Frégate La Dryade,". Chenivesse Maquettes (in French).
  • 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.


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