HMS Andromeda (1897)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Andromeda.
HMS Andromeda at Weihaiwei, China, in 1904.
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Andromeda
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Launched: 30 April 1897
Renamed: Powerful II, 23 September 1913
Impregnable II November 1919
Defiance 20 January 1931
Reclassified: Training ship Powerful II, 23 September 1913
Fate: Sold for breaking up
General characteristics
Class and type:Diadem-class protected cruiser
Displacement:11,000 tons
Length:435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a)
Beam:69 ft (21 m)
Draught:25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Propulsion:2 shaft triple expansion engines
16.500 - 18,000 hp
Speed:20–20.5 kn (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph)
Complement:760
Armament:16 × single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns

14 × single QF 12-pounder guns
3 × single QF 3-pounder guns

2 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour:6 inch casemates
4.5-2 inch decks

HMS Andromeda was a ship of the Diadem-class protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 30 April 1897.

Service history

She served at the Mediterranean Station under the command of Captain J. L. Burr. In 1901 she was one of two cruisers to escort HMS Ophir, commissioned as a royal yacht for the world tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George and Queen Mary), from Gibraltar to Malta, and then to Port Said.[1]

In 1913 she was converted to a training ship and renamed Powerful II on 23 September 1913. She was later renamed Impregnable II in November 1919 and finally, HMS Defiance on 20 January 1931, when she became part of the torpedo school.

She was sold and arrived at Burgt, in Belgium, for breaking up on 14 August 1956.

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Duke of Cornwall´s visit to the colonies" The Times (London). Wednesday, 13 March 1901. (36401), p. 5.

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