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HMS Andromache (1832)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Andromache.

HMS Imogene and Andromache passing the batteries of the Bocca Tigris in China, 1834
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Andromache
Ordered29 October 1830[1]
BuilderPembroke Dockyard[1]
Cost£14,845 plus £7,759 for fitting[1]
Laid downAugust 1831[1]
Launched27 August 1832[1]
Commissioned19 September 1833[1]
Fate
  • Provision hulk at Plymouth in 1846
  • Powder depot in 1854
  • Broken up at Plymouth in March 1875[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAndromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen717 73/94 bm[1]
Length
  • 130 ft 0 in (39.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 108 ft 8.75 in (33.1 m) (keel)[1]
Beam35 ft 6.75 in (10.8 m)[1]
Depth of hold10 ft 6.5 in (3.2 m)[1]
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175[1]
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Foc'l'se: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades[1]

HMS Andromache was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1832. She was converted to a powder hulk in 1854 and was broken up in 1875.

She took William Napier to China and participated in the war with China at Canton in 1834.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Winfield (2004) p.114
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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