French frigate Dryade (1783)

Dryade 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 FRENCH FRIGATE Méduse, and sailed to Cochinchina to ferry Pigneau de Behaine, Ambassador of France. 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.