Cruiser


HMS Andromeda, 1901


TypeFirst Class Cruiser
ClassDiadem
Speed16.5 Knots
Weight1580 tons
Armament16 x 6 inch Guns, 3 x 3pdr Guns, Torpedoes
FateBroken up in Belgium in 1956
NotesThis was a sound but slow ship. She would be made obsolete with the re-introduction of the armoured cruisers. She became the Powerful II in 1913, Impregnable II in 1919 and the Defiance in 1931.


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by Stephen Luscombe