Île d'Yeu
"Dryad" was employed on less glamorous tasks as well - during August 1812 she conveyed bullocks to the Channel Fleet, a filthy and unpleasant mission. On 23 December 1812 Captain Galway drove a French brig of 22 guns ashore on the Île d'Yeu, which wrecked her. "Dryad" took several hits in her hull and foremast from shots fired by shore batteries but suffered no casualties.