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HMS Andromeda (1784)

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Andromeda
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Andromeda
Ordered20 January 1781
BuilderJohn Sutton & Co, Liverpool
Laid downMay 1781
Launched21 April 1784
CompletedBy May 1788
FateBroken up in September 1811
General characteristics
Class and typeHermione-class fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen7143694 (bm)
Length
  • 129 ft (39 m) (gundeck)
  • 106 ft 9+34 in (32.556 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 5+12 in (10.808 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Sail planFull rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Andromeda was a 32-gun Hermione-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

She was first commissioned in March 1788, under the command of Captain Prince William Henry, the future King William IV. William Henry was in command until paying her off in July 1789.

Andromeda was broken up at Portsmouth in September 1811.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.