HMS Andromache (1832)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Andromache.

HMS Andromache was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1832. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station, based at the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda in 1838.^[2]

HMS Imogene and Andromache passing the batteries of the Bocca Tigris in China, 1834
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Andromache
Ordered	29 October 1830[1]
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard[1]
Cost	£14,845 plus £7,759 for fitting[1]
Laid down	August 1831[1]
Launched	27 August 1832[1]
Commissioned	19 September 1833[1]
Fate	Provision hulk at Plymouth in 1846 Powder depot in 1854 Broken up at Plymouth in March 1875[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Andromache-class sixth-rate frigate (later "corvette")
Tons burthen	717 73/94 bm[1]
Length	130 ft 0 in (39.6 m) (gundeck) 108 ft 8.75 in (33.1 m) (keel)[1]
Beam	35 ft 6.75 in (10.8 m)[1]
Depth of hold	10 ft 6.5 in (3.2 m)[1]
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	175[1]
Armament	Upperdeck: 20 × 32-pounder gunnades Quarterdeck: 6 × 32-pounder gunnades Foc's'le: 2 × 32-pounder gunnades[1]

^[3] She was converted to a powder hulk in 1854 and was broken up in 1875.

She took William Napier to China and participated in the war with China at Canton in 1834.