![]() HMS Pandora foundering on 29 August 1791
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Name | HMS Pandora |
Ordered | 11 February 1778 |
Builder | Adams & Barnard, Grove Street shipyard, Deptford |
Laid down | 2 March 1778 |
Launched | 17 May 1779 |
Completed | 3 July 1779 at Deptford Dockyard |
Commissioned | May 1779 |
Fate | Wrecked on 28 August 1791 in the Torres Strait. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship |
Tons burthen | 524 (bm) |
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Beam | 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 160 |
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HMS Pandora was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy launched in May 1779.[1] The vessel is best known for its role in hunting down the Bounty mutineers in 1790, which remains one of the best-known stories in the history of seafaring.[2] Pandora was partially successful by capturing 14 of the mutineers, but wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef on the return voyage in 1791.[3] HMS Pandora is considered to be one of the most significant shipwrecks in the Southern Hemisphere.[4]