HMS Andromeda (F57)

HMS Andromeda (F57) in 1972
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Andromeda
BuilderHMNB Portsmouth
Laid down25 May 1966
Launched24 May 1967
Sponsored byMrs G Reynolds
Commissioned2 December 1968
DecommissionedJune 1993
IdentificationPennant number: 57
Nickname(s)"Heinz Variety"[1]
FateSold to India, 1995
India
NameINS Krishna
NamesakeKrishna River
Commissioned22 August 1995
Decommissioned24 May 2012
IdentificationPennant number: F46 [2]
FateSunk as a target, 2012
General characteristics
Class and typeLeander-class frigate
Displacement3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load
Length113.4 m (372 ft)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Range4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement223
Armament
Aircraft carried

HMS Andromeda was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at HM Dockyard Portsmouth. She was launched on 24 May 1967 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 December 1968. She took part in the Falklands War. She was sold to India in 1995, for use as a training ship, being renamed INS Krishna. She was finally decommissioned in May 2012.

  1. ^ "HMS Andromeda Association". Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ Bantwall, Rons (25 May 2012). "INS Krishna, one of Indian Navy's 1st Training Squadron Ships, decommissioned". Kemmannu.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.