| HMS Andromeda (1897) | |
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 HMS Andromeda at Weihaiwei, China, in 1904. | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Andromeda |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Launched: | 5 January 1898 |
| 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 | |
| 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 knots |
| Complement: | 760 |
| Armament: |
16 x single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns |
| Armour: |
6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks |
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 5 January 1898.
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 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.
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
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