 HMS Andromeda was one of eight Diadem @-@ class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s . Upon completion in 1899 , the ship was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet where she helped to escort a royal yacht during its cruise through the Mediterranean Sea . After a refit , she was assigned to the China Station in 1904 and returned home three years later to be reduced to reserve . Andromeda was converted into a training ship in 1913 and remained in that role under various names until 1956 . That year she was sold for scrap and broken up in Belgium , the last Pembroke @-@ built ship still afloat . 
