HMS Andromeda (1897)

HMS Andromeda was one of eight Diadem-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Upon completion in 1899, the ship was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet where she helped to escort a royal yacht during its cruise through the Mediterranean Sea. After a refit, she was assigned to the China Station in 1904 and returned home three years later to be reduced to reserve. Andromeda was converted into a training ship in 1913 and remained in that role under various names until 1956. That year she was sold for scrap and broken up in Belgium, the last Pembroke-built ship still afloat.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Andromeda.

Andromeda at anchor at Weihaiwei, China, 1904.
History
United Kingdom
NameAndromeda
NamesakeAndromeda
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid down2 December 1895
Launched30 April 1897
Completed5 September 1899
Renamed
  • Powerful II, 23 September 1913
  • Impregnable II November 1919
  • Defiance 20 January 1931
ReclassifiedAs a training ship, 23 September 1913
FateSold for scrap, 1956
General characteristics
Class and typeDiadem-class protected cruiser
Displacement11,000 long tons (11,177 t)
Length435 ft (132.6 m) (p/p)
Beam69 ft (21.0 m)
Draught25 ft 6 in (7.8 m)
Installed power
  • 16,500 ihp (12,300 kW)
  • 30 × Belleville boilers
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Complement677
Armament
  • 16 × single QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns
  • 12 × single QF 12-pdr 3 in (76 mm) 12-cwt guns
  • 3 × single QF 3-pdr 1.9 in (47 mm) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour
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