HMS Andromache (1832)

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.

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
Name: HMS Andromache
Ordered: 29 October 1830[1]
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard[1]
Cost: £14,845 plus £7,759 for fitting[1]
Laid down: August 1831[1]
Launched: 27 August 1832[1]
Commissioned: 19 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 type: Andromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen: 717 73/94 bm[1]
Length:
  • 130 ft 0 in (39.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 108 ft 8.75 in (33.1 m) (keel)[1]
Beam: 35 ft 6.75 in (10.8 m)[1]
Depth of hold: 10 ft 6.5 in (3.2 m)[1]
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 175[1]
Armament:
  • Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Foc'l'se: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades[1]

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

References
  1. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.