HMS Andromeda (1777)

HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first commissioned in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne. It sank off Martinique after being destroyed by the Great Hurricane of 1780 on 11 October 1780, killing all of the crew.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Andromeda.
Lower deck plan of Andromeda
History
Great Britain
Name: Andromeda
Ordered: 14 May 1776
Builder: Robert Fabian, East Cowes
Laid down: July 1776
Launched: 18 November 1777
Completed: 28 January 1778 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)
Commissioned: September 1777
Fate: Capsized and lost with all hands in hurricane off Martinique 11 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type: 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 600 ​66⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 120 ft 9 in (36.80 m) (overall)
  • 99 ft 7.625 in (30.36888 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 200 officers and men
Armament:
  • 28 guns comprising
  • Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns
  • Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 12 × swivel guns

References
  • Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
  • David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
  • Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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