HMS Andromeda (1897)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Andromeda |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Launched: | January 5, 1898 |
| Renamed: | Powerful II, September 23, 1913 Impregnable II November 1919 Defiance January 20, 1931 |
| Reclassified: | Training ship Powerful II, September 23, 1913 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,000 tons |
| Length: | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (141.0 m) o/a) |
| Beam: | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp |
| Speed: | 20 - 20.5 knots |
| Complement: | 760 |
| Armament: | 16 x single BL 6-inch Mark VII guns 14 x single QF 12-pounder guns 3 x single QF 3-pounder guns 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Andromeda.
HMS Andromeda was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on January 5, 1898. In 1913 she was converted to a training ship and renamed Powerful II on September 23, 1913. She was later renamed Impregnable II in November 1919 and finally, HMS Defiance on January 20, 1931. She was sold and arrived at Burgt, in Belgium, for breaking up on August 14, 1956.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
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