HMS Andromache

Last updated January 14, 2022

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Andromache, after the figure of Andromache in Greek mythology. A fifth was planned but never completed.

HMS Andromache (1781) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1811. Served as a communication vessel in the Battle of the Saintes in 1782.
HMS Andromache (1799) was a 38-gun fifth rate, formerly the French frigate Junon. She was captured in 1799 and named HMS Princess Charlotte, renamed HMS Andromache in 1812 and broken up in 1828.
HMS Andromache (1832) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1832. She was converted to a powder hulk in 1854 and was broken up in 1875.
HMS Andromache (1890) was an Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1890. She was converted to a minelayer in 1909 and was scrapped in 1920.
HMS Andromache (P424) was to have been an Amphion-class submarine. She was cancelled in 1945.

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HMS Andromache was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1781 and served for 29 years until she was broken up in 1811.

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