HMS Andromache (1832)

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.

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
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Cost£14,845 plus £7,759 for fitting
Laid downAugust 1831
Launched27 August 1832
Commissioned19 September 1833
Fate
  • Provision hulk at Plymouth in 1846
  • Powder depot in 1854
  • Broken up at Plymouth in March 1875
General characteristics
Class and typeAndromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen717 73/94 bm
Length
  • 130 ft 0 in (39.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 108 ft 8.75 in (33.1 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 6.75 in (10.8 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 6.5 in (3.2 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pounder gunnades
  • Foc'l'se: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades

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.

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