Lower deck plan of Andromeda
History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707–1801)Great Britain
NameAndromeda
Ordered14 May 1776
BuilderRobert Fabian, East Cowes
Laid downJuly 1776
Launched18 November 1777
Completed28 January 1778 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)
CommissionedSeptember 1777
FateCapsized and lost with all hands in hurricane off Martinique 11 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen600 66⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 120 ft 9 in (36.80 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 7.625 in (30.36888 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement200 officers and men
Armament

HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first Royal Navy ship commissioned by that name, in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne. On 30 May 1778 she captured and burned American privateer brig Angelica at sea while transporting General Sir William Howe back to England.[1] It sank off Martinique in the Great Hurricane of 1780 on 11 October 1780, killing all of the crew.

References

  1. ↑ "NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" (PDF). history.navy.mil. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
  • David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
  • Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.


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