HMS Andromeda (1897)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Andromeda |
| Namesake | Andromeda |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | 2 December 1895 |
| Launched | 30 April 1897 |
| Completed | 5 September 1899 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | As a training ship, 23 September 1913 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Diadem-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 11,000 long tons (11,177 t) |
| Length | 435 ft (132.6 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 69 ft (21.0 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
| Complement | 677 |
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HMS Andromeda was one of eight Diadem-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. Upon completion in 1899, the ship was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet where she helped to escort a royal yacht during its cruise through the Mediterranean Sea. After a refit, she was assigned to the China Station in 1904 and returned home three years later to be reduced to reserve. Andromeda was converted into a training ship in 1913 and remained in that role under various names until 1956. That year she was sold for scrap and broken up in Belgium, the last Pembroke-built ship still afloat.