HMS Andromeda (1777)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Andromeda.
History
Great Britain
Name: Andromeda
Ordered: 14 May 1776
Builder: Robert Fabian, East Cowes
Laid down: July 1776
Launched: 18 November 1777
Completed: 28 January 1778 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)
Commissioned: September 1777
Fate: Capsized and lost with all hands in hurricane off Martinique 11 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type: 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 600 6694 (bm)
Length:
  • 120 ft 9 in (36.80 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 7.625 in (30.36888 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:

HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first commissioned in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne.

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