HMS Andromeda (1777)

History
Great Britain
Name:	Andromeda
Ordered:	14 May 1776
Builder:	Robert Fabian, East Cowes
Laid down:	July 1776
Launched:	18 November 1777
Completed:	28 January 1778 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)
Commissioned:	September 1777
Fate:	Capsized and lost with all hands in hurricane off Martinique 11 October 1780
General characteristics
Class and type:	28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	600  66⁄94 (bm)
Length:	120 ft 9 in (36.80 m) (overall) 99 ft 7.625 in (30.36888 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	28 guns comprising Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 18-pounder carronades 12 × swivel guns

HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first commissioned in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne.

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