Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
HMS Dryad (establishment)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1906 - 2004
History
The Royal Navy School of Navigation was opened in Portsmouth in 1906 and given the name of one of the sea-going tenders assigned to the school, the gunboat Dryad. The school moved at various times but from 1941 was located at Southwick Park, a requisitioned estate outside Portsmouth. Dryad later expanded to include the School of Maritime Warfare. Both were moved to HMS Collingwood