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HMS Andromeda (1777)

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Name
  
Andromeda

Laid down
  
July 1776

Construction started
  
July 1776

Builder
  
East Cowes

Ordered
  
14 May 1776

Commissioned
  
September 1777

Launched
  
18 November 1777

Completed
  
28 January 1778 (at Portsmouth Dockyard)

Fate
  
Capsized and lost with all hands in hurricane off Martinique 11 October 1780

HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first commissioned in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne.

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HMS Andromeda (1777) Wikipedia


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