British Fifth Rate frigate 'Andromache' (1781)

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Andromache
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	1.2.1780	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	6.1780	BWAS-1714
Launched	17.11.1781	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Grove Street Yard - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Amazon Class (1770)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1784	BWAS-1714
Constructor	William BarnardBritish Ship Builder Service 1763-1795	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	4.1811	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 2"Imperial Feet38.4068
Length of Keel104' 0"Imperial Feet31.6992
Breadth35' 0"Imperial Feet10.668
Depth in Hold12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683
Burthen684 ¹²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

17.11.1781Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1770220Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
8.11.1781 - 5.5.1783Captain ADM 6/22/361BWAS-17145.5.1783 - 8.1786Captain ADM 6/23/63BWAS-171421.9.1790 - 3.11.1790Captain ADM 6/24/68ADM 6/243.11.1790 - 22.11.1790Captain ADM 6/24/85ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 21.11.1790Captain ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/247.3.1793 - 1793Captain ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/243.1795 - 12.1798CaptainHMS011.1799 - 1803CaptainBWAS-17931.1799 - 1803CaptainBWAS-1714

9 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
29.7.1783 - 8.1786Second Lieutenant ADM 6/23/102ADM 6/2321.9.1790 - 11.10.1790Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/69ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 7.3.1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 8.4.1791Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/90ADM 6/2416.1.1793 - 7.3.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/194ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 19.12.1793Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/2420.12.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/291ADM 6/24

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
8.5.1793 - 2.3.1797PurserADM 29/8

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1796 - 1799MidshipmanNBD18491797 - 2.6.1799MidshipmanNBD18493.1799 - 6.1799MidshipmanNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1.1782 - 2.6.1784Able Seamanref:616

Service History

DateEventSource
17.11.1781building at Grove Street Yard - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards at a cost of £8467.18.10dBWAS-1714
12.1781Began coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
4.1.1782Completed coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £8341.16.7dBWAS-1714
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
4.1783Home with dispatches and paid offBWAS-1714
5.1783RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.10.1783Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
8.1786Paid offBWAS-1714
8.1790Began great repair at Limehouse - London BWAS-1714
3.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1793Completed great repair at Limehouse - London at a cost of £15115.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1793fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5482.0.0dBWAS-1714
1794Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
5.5.1795Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
11.10.1796Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
31.1.1797Took an Algerine corsairBWAS-1714
6.9.1799Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1714
22.3.1801In company with took a Spanish gunboat off CubaBWAS-1714
1803In the BahamasBWAS-1714
1804In the ChannelBWAS-1714
4.1811Broken up at PlymouthBWAS-1714

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