{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Andromeda''''', after the Greek heroine Andromeda.
*{{HMS|Andromeda|1777}} was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1777 and lost in a hurricane in 1780. *{{HMS|Andromeda|1784}} was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1784, placed on harbour service from 1808 and broken up in 1811. *{{HMS|Andromeda|1812}} was a 24-gun sixth rate, previously the American ''Hannibal''. She was captured in 1812 and sold in 1816. *HMS ''Andromeda'' was to have been a sixth rate. She was renamed {{HMS|Nimrod|1828|6}} in 1827 before being launched in 1828. *{{HMS|Andromeda|1829}} was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1829 and sold in 1863. *{{HMS|Andromeda|1897}} was a {{sclass|Diadem|cruiser}} launched in 1897. She later served as a depot and training ship, being renamed HMS ''Powerful II'' in 1913, HMS ''Impregnable II'' in 1919 and HMS ''Defiance'' in 1931. She was broken up in 1956. *{{HMS|Andromeda|1917}} was an {{sclass|Anchusa|sloop|0}} sloop launched in 1917 for service with the French Navy under the name ''Andromede''. *{{HMS|Andromeda|F57}} was a {{sclass|Leander|frigate}} launched in 1967. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1995 and commissioned as ''Krishna''.
==Battle Honours== Ships named ''Andromeda'' have earned the following battle honours: *St. Vincent 1780 *Falkland Islands 1982
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