HMS Andromeda (1777)

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

HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first Royal Navy ship commissioned by that name, in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne. On 30 May 1778 she captured and burned American privateer brig Angelica at sea while transporting General Sir William Howe back to England.^[1] It sank off Martinique in the Great Hurricane of 1780 on 11 October 1780, killing all of the crew.

Lower deck plan of Andromeda
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 & 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 Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 18-pounder carronades 12 × swivel guns