HMS Andromache (1832)

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's'le: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades[1]

HMS Andromache was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1832. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station, based at the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda in 1838.[2]

[3] 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Winfield (2004) p. 114
  2. ^ "Preparation for the departure of Lord Durham". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda. 1 May 1835. Page 2, Column 3. -Great expedition is making at Sheerness, in fitting out the Hastings 74, the late flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir William Gall Gage, the late Commander-in-Chief on the Tagus, that vessel having been ordered to convy the Earl and Countess of Durham, family and suite to Quebec. The Hastings, commanded by Capt. Lock, is expected to be ready for sea in five weeks.-Standard

    Considerable activity is apparent in the River: the following ships and vessels are preparing for sea, viz. Hastings, 78, Andromache, 28, Volage, 28, Modeste, 18, Charybdis, 3, Pincher schooner, Cruizer, 16, with the steam frigate Medea, and Dee, and steam-vessels Meteor, Tartarus, and Megara.-Portsmouth, March 3. The Gannet, 16, Com. Whish, recently from the West Indies, has been paid off.
  3. ^ The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th Dec., 1838. London: British Government (Published by John Murray, Bookseller to the Admiralty, Albemarle Stree, London.). 1 January 1839. p. 60.
    29 Andromache, 28.
    North America and West Indies.
    Captain ...... + * Robert L. Baynes..2 Feb 38
    Lieutenant ... John G. Dick ....29 Mar 38
    Alexander T. Goldie ... 3 Feb 38
    Richard Studdert....... 3 Feb 38
    lat Lieut. Mar. Edward S. Browne .... 24 Feb 38
    Master .......George Peacock ...... 19 April 38
    Surgeon .....Frederick Crellen .... 23 Feb 38
    Purser .... ..William Gradidge....23 April 38
    Assist. Surg ... David Booth ...........5 Feb 38