HMS Andromache (1832) explained

HMS Andromache was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1832. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station, based at the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda in 1838.^[1]

^[2] She was converted to a powder hulk in 1854 and was broken up in 1875.

She took William Napier to China and participated in the war with China at Canton in 1834.

Notes and References

1. News: . 1835-05-01 . Preparation for the departure of Lord Durham. . The Royal Gazette . City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda . Page 2, Column 3 . -Great expedition is making at Sheerness, in fitting out the Hastings 74, the late flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir William Gall Gage, the late Commander-in-Chief on the Tagus, that vessel having been ordered to convy the Earl and Countess of Durham, family and suite to Quebec. The Hastings, commanded by Capt. Lock, is expected to be ready for sea in five weeks.-Standard
   
   Considerable activity is apparent in the River: the following ships and vessels are preparing for sea, viz. Hastings, 78, Andromache, 28, Volage, 28, Modeste, 18, Charybdis, 3, Pincher schooner, Cruizer, 16, with the steam frigate Medea, and Dee, and steam-vessels Meteor, Tartarus, and Megara.-Portsmouth, March 3. The Gannet, 16, Com. Whish, recently from the West Indies, has been paid off..
2. Book: . 1839-01-01 . The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th Dec., 1838. . London . British Government (Published by John Murray, Bookseller to the Admiralty, Albemarle Stree, London.) . 60 .
   29 Andromache, 28.
   North America and West Indies.
   Captain ...... + * Robert L. Baynes..2 Feb 38
   Lieutenant ... John G. Dick ....29 Mar 38
   Alexander T. Goldie ... 3 Feb 38
   Richard Studdert....... 3 Feb 38
   lat Lieut. Mar. Edward S. Browne .... 24 Feb 38
   Master .......George Peacock ...... 19 April 38
   Surgeon .....Frederick Crellen .... 23 Feb 38
   Purser .... ..William Gradidge....23 April 38
   Assist. Surg ... David Booth ...........5 Feb 38.