French frigate Dryade (1783)
Dryade [note 1] was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy.
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| History | |
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| 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 |
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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.
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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
- The name is sometimes written Driade, which is an older orthography. See Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine for details.
Citations
- "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.
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