HMS
Andromanche Apollo class second class Cruiser. Built at Chatham
Dockyard and laid down April 1889, launched 13th November 1891 and
completed 6th January 1894. HMS Andromanche was one of 21 cruisers
of the class. which had been ordered under the naval defence act of
1889. Considered to be poor sea going ships and in poor sea
conditions their fighting capability would be decreased severely with
the waist guins not being able to cope with the conditions to be used
successfully. sometime between 1907 HMS
Andromache along with her sister ships HMS Apollo, HMS Intrepid, HMS
Iphigenia, HMS Latona, HMS Naiad and HMS Thetis were converted to
minelayers. HMS Andromache was laid up out of commission in 1906
until the conversion in 1907. Completed by September 1909 at Chatham
Dockyard and during the initial years of the war operated from
Dover and Sheerness but in 1915 became a depot ship in the Mediterranean.
after World War One she was finally scarped in 1920
Displacement:
3400 Tons Speed: 20 knots, Crew: 273
Armament: Two 6 - inch Guns Six 4.7-inch QF guns, Eight 6
pounder and One 3 pdr Quick Firing Guns. Four machine Guns. Four
14-inch Torpedo Tubes
