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'''H.M.S. ''Andromeda''''' was one of eight [[Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)|''Diadem'' class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] around the turn of the century.
She was converted to a training ship in 1913 and renamed '''''Powerful II''''' on 23 September.
In November, 1919, she was renamed '''''Impregnable II'''''
On 20 January, 1931, she was renamed '''''Defiance''''' and became part of the [[H.M.S. Defiance (Torpedo Training School)|torpedo school]].
There was a [[H.M.S. Andromeda (1917)|sloop launched in 1917]] that took on the name ''Andromeda''.
==Service==
Commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1908.{{NLJul11|p. 278}}
==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Leslie Burr|nick=John L. Burr|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Burr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 89?</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Leslie Burr|nick=John L. Burr|appt=5 September, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 223}}|end=12 March, 1901<ref>Burr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 89?</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis John Foley|nick=Francis J. Foley|appt=12 March, 1901<ref>Foley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 467.</ref>|end=14 April, 1902<ref>Foley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 247.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|nick=Christopher G. F. M. Cradock|appt=24 March, 1902<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579040}}  f. 89.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 224}}|end=1903<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579040}}  f. 89.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to a Rear Admiral}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=20 December, 1902<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 220.</ref>|end=10 February, 1903<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Nelson Ommanney|nick=Robert N. Ommanney|appt=1 March, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 276-7}}<ref>Ommanney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 153.</ref>|end=16 July, 1906<ref>Ommanney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 153.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Hampson Stileman|nick=Harry H. Stileman|appt=17 July, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 13 July, 1906.  Issue '''38071''', col E, p. 12.</ref><ref>Stileman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/503.}} f. 1228.</ref>|end=20 May, 1907<ref>Stileman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/503.}} f. 1228.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Morgan Singer|appt=20 May, 1907<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 220.</ref>|end=19 December, 1907<ref>Singer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 220.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt|nick=Guy R. A. Gaunt|appt=29 January, 1909<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>|note=Trooping|end=27 May, 1909<ref>Gaunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. 161.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Crawford Maclachlan|nick=Crawford Maclachlan|appt=17 June, 1909<ref>Maclachlan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 469.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edwin Veale Underhill|nick=Edwin V. Underhill|appt=26 January, 1910<ref>Underhill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=Trooping|end=April, 1910<ref>Underhill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 480.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=19 June, 1910<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=26 November, 1910<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|note=and in charge of group of ships of 4th Division, Home Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler|nick=Herbert A. S. Fyler|appt=26 November, 1910{{NLJul11|p. 278}}<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|end=10 May, 1912<ref>Fyler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/155.|D7602098}}  f. 182.</ref>|note=and in charge of group of ships of 4th Division, Home Fleet}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William George Ainslie Kennedy|nick=William G. A. Kennedy|appt=10 May, 1912|end=29 June, 1912}}
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* Captain [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock]],
==See Also==
* Captain [[Herbert Arthur Stevenson Fyler]],
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* Captain [[Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt]],
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* Captain [[Robert Nelson Ommanney]],
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* Captain [[Morgan Singer]],
* Captain [[Harry Hampson Stileman]],


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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H.M.S. Andromeda (1897)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[2]
Laid down: 2 Dec, 1895[3]
Launched: 30 Apr, 1897[4]
Commissioned: 5 Sep, 1899[5]
Sold: Aug, 1956[6]

H.M.S. Andromeda was one of eight Diadem class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy around the turn of the century.

She was converted to a training ship in 1913 and renamed Powerful II on 23 September.

In November, 1919, she was renamed Impregnable II

On 20 January, 1931, she was renamed Defiance and became part of the torpedo school.

There was a sloop launched in 1917 that took on the name Andromeda.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1908.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 68.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 323.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 278.
  8. ↑ Burr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 89?
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 223.
  10. ↑ Burr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 89?
  11. ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 467.
  12. ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 247.
  13. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 224.
  15. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 89.
  16. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  17. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 276-7.
  19. ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  20. ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  21. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 July, 1906. Issue 38071, col E, p. 12.
  22. ↑ Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/503. f. 1228.
  23. ↑ Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/503. f. 1228.
  24. ↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  25. ↑ Singer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 220.
  26. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  27. ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 161.
  28. ↑ Maclachlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 469.
  29. ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
  30. ↑ Underhill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 480.
  31. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  32. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 278.
  34. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.
  35. ↑ Fyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/155. f. 182.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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