| Name: | ANDROMEDE |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate or Sloop |
| Keel: | 07/02/1917 |
| Launched: | 06/06/1917 |
| Completed: | 14/08/1917 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1036 |
| Dimensions: | 1337disp - 1488disp, 255.3 x 35.0 x 11.4(draft)ft |
| Engines: | T4cyl (20.5, 33 & 37, 37 x 30ins), 2675ihp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 12pdr guns; depth charges |
| History: | |
| 15/08/1917 | Government of France |
| 1917 | Renamed VILLE D'YS |
| Renamed VILLE D'YS II | |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Member of the Flower Class - Aubretia Type |
| Designed as Q ships, to look like merchant ships to U-Boats | |
| 15/08/1917: Delivered to the French Navy | |
| 1947: Stricken & probably sunk as a wreck at Martinique |
Above photo as VILLE D'YS copyright of Leslie Jones collection
Above photo as VILLE D'YS courtesy of Jean-Michel Bergougniou
Above photo as VILLE D'YS copyright of Marius Bar
Above photo as VILLE D'YS courtesy of Jean-Michel Bergougniou
Above photo as VILLE D'YS courtesy of Jean-Michel Bergougniou
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