HMS Pandora (1779)

	HMS Pandora foundering on 29 August 1791
History
Great Britain
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)
Length	114 ft 7 in (34.93 m) (overall); 94 ft 9.5 in (28.893 m) (keel);
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m); 11 ft (3.4 m);
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	160
Armament	As built:; Upper deck: 22 × 9 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 2 × 6 pdrs;

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]

^ McKay, John; Coleman, Ron (1992). The 24-gun frigate 'Pandora' 1779. London: Conway Maritime Press.
^ "Find out about HMS Pandora". Queensland Museum. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Gesner, Peter (1997). "HMS Pandora". In Delgado, James P. (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. London: British Museum Press. p. 305. ISBN 0714121290.
^ "Queensland Museum HMS Pandora". Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[1] McKay, John; Coleman, Ron (1992). The 24-gun frigate 'Pandora' 1779. London: Conway Maritime Press.

[2] "Find out about HMS Pandora". Queensland Museum. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[3] Gesner, Peter (1997). "HMS Pandora". In Delgado, James P. (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. London: British Museum Press. p. 305. ISBN 0714121290.

[4] "Queensland Museum HMS Pandora". Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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History
HMS Pandora foundering on 29 August 1791
Great Britain
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)
Length	114 ft 7 in (34.93 m) (overall) 94 ft 9.5 in (28.893 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	160
Armament	As built: Upper deck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Pandora (1779)

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