HMS Andromeda (F57)

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.

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

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"
FateSold to India, 1995
India
NameINS Krishna
NamesakeKrishna River
Commissioned22 August 1995
Decommissioned24 May 2012
IdentificationPennant number: F46
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
  • As built:
  • 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns
  • 1 × quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launchers
  • 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar
  • From 1980:
  • 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers
  • 1 × GWS 25 Sea Wolf anti-aircraft missile launcher
  • 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried
  • 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter
  • From 1980:
  • 1 × Lynx helicopter
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