HMS Andromache (1890)

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Career (United Kingdom) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Andromache
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: April 1889
Launched: 14 August 1890
Commissioned: 1892
Fate: broken up 1920
General characteristics
Displacement: 3,600 tons
Length: 314 feet (95.7 m)
Beam: 43.5 feet (13.3 m)
Draught: 17.5 feet (5.3 m)
Speed: 19.75 knots
Complement: 273 to 300 (Officers and Men)
Armament: As built: 2×6 inch Naval gun, 2×4.7 inch Naval gun, 8×6 pounders, 2 to 4×14 inch Torpedo Tubes. Converted pre-1914 to a lightly armed minelayer.

HMS Andromache ("Andy Mac") was a 2nd class cruiser, built at Chatham Dock Yard and launched 14 August 1890.