# HMS Andromeda

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Eight ships of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) have borne the name '''HMS ''Andromeda''''', after the Greek heroine [Andromeda](/source/Andromeda_(mythology)).

*{{HMS|Andromeda|1777}} was a 28-gun [sixth rate](/source/sixth_rate) launched in 1777 and lost in a hurricane in 1780.
*{{HMS|Andromeda|1784}} was a 32-gun [fifth rate](/source/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](/source/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](/source/sloop-of-war) 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](/source/Indian_Navy) in 1995 and commissioned as ''Krishna''.

==Battle Honours==
Ships named ''Andromeda'' have earned the following [battle honours](/source/Battle_honour):
*[St. Vincent](/source/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780)) 1780
*[Falkland Islands](/source/Falklands_War) 1982

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