Ordered under the Naval Defence Act 1889, Andromache was built in 1890 at Chatham Dockyard. She was present at the Naval Review at Spithead on 26 June 1897 in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. On 28 February 1900, the Andromache and her sister ship Apollo reportedly had been transferred from the Medway to the DevonportFleet Reserve.[5] With the exception of the previous year's manoeuvres, Andromache had been unemployed since being built. On 27 June 1900, orders from Devonport were given for a naval mobilization to take place on Tuesday, 10 July. Commander Francis Alan Richard Bowles was appointed in command on 23 April 1902,[6] and in June that year she was reported to serve as Naval Reserve drill ship at North Shields.[7] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.[8]
On 1 February 1908, the torpedo gunboatLeda collided with Andromache in Harwich harbour, and had to be beached to avoid sinking.[9] In September 1909, the ship completed conversion to a minelayer at Chatham Dockyard.[10]Andromache took part in naval exercises off the East coast of Britain in July–August 1910, but on the night of 1 August, the steamship Neapolitan Prince, employed as a transport during the exercises, collided with Andromache on leaving Harwich harbour, crushing boats and davits on Andromache's starboard side.[11] In August 1914, she joined the Minelayer Squadron, after which she was reduced to harbour duties.
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^ abThe Times (London), Friday, 15 August 1890, p.6
^ abThe Times (London), Tuesday, 22 December 1891, p.8
^Admiral Percy Scott quotes 6 × 4.7 inch guns on sister ship HMS Scylla in 1899. "Fifty Years in the Royal Navy" published 1919, page 88
andromache, 1890, other, ships, with, same, name, andromache, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, androm. For other ships with the same name see HMS Andromache This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources HMS Andromache 1890 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message HMS Andromache was an Apollo class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy William Henry White designed her and she was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 14 August 1890 The total cost of construction was 186 234 4 AndromacheHistory United Kingdom NameHMS Andromache NamesakeAndromache BuilderChatham Dockyard Laid downMay 1889 1 Launched14 August 1890 1 Commissioned1892 Nickname s Andy Mac FateBroken up 1920 General characteristics Class and typeApollo class cruiser Displacement3 600 tons Length314 ft 95 7 m Beam43 5 ft 13 3 m Draught17 5 ft 5 3 m Propulsiontwin screw triple expansion engines from Earle s Shipbuilding 2 Speed19 75 knots 36 58 km h Complement273 to 300 Officers and Men ArmamentAs built 2 QF 6 inch 152 4 mm guns 6 QF 4 7 inch 120 mm guns 3 8 6 pounders 2 to 4 14 inch torpedo tubes Converted pre 1914 to a lightly armed minelayer Andromache was initially allocated to A Division of the Fleet Reserve 2 Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Publications 4 External linksHistory editOrdered under the Naval Defence Act 1889 Andromache was built in 1890 at Chatham Dockyard She was present at the Naval Review at Spithead on 26 June 1897 in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria On 28 February 1900 the Andromache and her sister ship Apollo reportedly had been transferred from the Medway to the Devonport Fleet Reserve 5 With the exception of the previous year s manoeuvres Andromache had been unemployed since being built On 27 June 1900 orders from Devonport were given for a naval mobilization to take place on Tuesday 10 July Commander Francis Alan Richard Bowles was appointed in command on 23 April 1902 6 and in June that year she was reported to serve as Naval Reserve drill ship at North Shields 7 She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII 8 On 1 February 1908 the torpedo gunboat Leda collided with Andromache in Harwich harbour and had to be beached to avoid sinking 9 In September 1909 the ship completed conversion to a minelayer at Chatham Dockyard 10 Andromache took part in naval exercises off the East coast of Britain in July August 1910 but on the night of 1 August the steamship Neapolitan Prince employed as a transport during the exercises collided with Andromache on leaving Harwich harbour crushing boats and davits on Andromache s starboard side 11 In August 1914 she joined the Minelayer Squadron after which she was reduced to harbour duties References edit a b The Times London Friday 15 August 1890 p 6 a b The Times London Tuesday 22 December 1891 p 8 Admiral Percy Scott quotes 6 4 7 inch guns on sister ship HMS Scylla in 1899 Fifty Years in the Royal Navy published 1919 page 88 The Times London Tuesday 26 April 1892 p 10 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36077 London 28 February 1900 p 11 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36741 London 14 April 1902 p 11 Naval amp Military intelligence The Times No 36793 London 13 June 1902 p 10 The Coronation Naval Review The Times No 36845 London 13 August 1902 p 4 Naval Matters Past and Prospective Chatham Dockyard The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect Vol 30 1 March 1908 p 321 Gardiner amp Gray 1985 p 14 Naval Matters Past and Prospective Chatham Dockyard The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect Vol 33 September 1910 p 52 Publications editColledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 Gardiner Robert Gray Randal eds 1985 Conway s All The World s Fighting Ships 1906 1921 London Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 245 5 External links editHMS Andromache Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels nbsp This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Andromache 1890 amp oldid 1194149460, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
