Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Andromeda'', after the Greek heroine
Andromeda.
* was a 28-gun
sixth rate launched in 1777 and lost in a hurricane in 1780.
* was a 32-gun
fifth rate launched in 1784, placed on harbour service from 1808 and broken up in 1811.
* 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 in 1827 before being launched in 1828.
* was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1829 and sold in 1863.
* was a 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.
* was an
sloop
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launched in 1917 for service with the French Navy under the name ''Andromede''.
* was a launched in 1967. She was sold to the
Indian Navy in 1995 and commissioned as ''Krishna''.
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Royal Navy ship names