HMS St. Andrew

== Overview = Rating: 5th rate

Class: Raa Mastercraft-class fifth-rate frigate

Shipyard: Unknown Shipyard

Launched: May, 1721

Status: In active service

Armament
Total Guns: 36

Topdeck: 14 x 5lbs

Gundeck: 22 x 9lbs

Broadside Weight: 134lbs

Crew: 195

Commanders
Current Captain:

Captain Wallenstein since May 30th, 1721

Previous Captains:

''Comm. van Royen'' from June 1702 to May 1707 ''Kapt.lt. v.d. Bergh'' from November 1710 to January 1721

Ship History
The ships origin is rather unknown. It is rumoured that it was the Dutch vessel Starrenburg wrecked 1707, rebuilt and relaunched at the end of 1710 in la Haye. She was given to a dutch Privateer v.d. Bergh and detached to the Caribbean. According to the dutch naval records her last patrol was from Grand Turk towards Port-de-Paix in January 1721. In March 1721 a 32gun Raa with obvious Dutch origins but under French flag was captured during an assault on Port-de-Paix by an British Attack fleet. Instead of sinking the damaged ship the British fleet-admiral decided to send a boarding crew and bring her to Port Royal where she got repaired and taken over by the Royal Navy. At the end of May the now called HMS St. Andrew  was placed under the command of Captain Wallenstein as a reward for remarkable deeds within a battle for the British Crown.