HMS Andromeda (1777)
Enterprise-class Royal Navy frigate
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HMS Andromeda was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Andromeda was first Royal Navy ship commissioned by that name, in September 1777 under the command of Captain Henry Byrne. On 30 May 1778 she captured and burned American privateer brig Angelica at sea while transporting General Sir William Howe back to England.