Talk:SS Savoia

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Savoia/Dryad[edit]

I guess it was on my own talkpage where the author of this page asked me about the Dryad in BC waters, which was around in the 1830s. The BCGNIS references to it concern a Hudson's Bay Company brig, the Dryad....I'm not certain at this point but it may be the same as one of the series of HMS Dryad - I'm just not sure that "HMS" was used by HBC ships, as they weren't Royal Navy.....I"ll check into this and get back. And BTW if when the RN captured the Savoia and renamed it, it became an HMS should be stated here and probably added to the HMS Dryad page; the best place to ask about that is on the HMS Dryad talkpage, which will have RN-historian types kicking about... Skookum1 (talk) 14:09, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've got no evidence that the ship bore a "HMS" prefix. The vast majority of civilian ships captured simply changed flag to show their new owners until such time as they were declared as war prize by a Court. Mjroots (talk) 14:23, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]