Pandora, 24 Guns
Dimensions |
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|
Type |
Metric |
Length of Gundeck |
114' 7" |
Imperial Feet |
34.93 |
Length of Keel |
94' 91/2" |
Imperial Feet |
28.88 |
Breadth |
32' 3" |
Imperial Feet |
9.83 |
Depth in Hold |
10' 3" |
Imperial Feet |
3.12 |
Burthen |
52438/94 |
Tons BM |
|
Armament |
1779/07 |
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Broadside Weight = 105 |
Upper Gun Deck |
22 |
British 9-Pounder |
Quarterdeck |
2 |
British 6-Pounder |
Crew Complement |
Date |
Men |
Notes |
Source |
1779 |
160 |
Establishment |
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Service Record |
Date |
Notes |
Source |
1779/05 |
First Commissioned |
B057 |
1779/07/03 |
Completed at Deptford at a cost of £5,716.3.10d to build, plus £5,909.13.10d for fitting and coppering |
B057 |
1780 |
To Quebec with a convoy |
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1781/02 |
Began a refit at Sheerness |
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1781/03 |
Completed refit at a cost of £3,157.15.2d |
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1781/04/26 |
Sailed with a convoy for North America |
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1782/07/15 |
Took the American privateer Dispatch |
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1782/12/13 |
Took the American privateer Nestor |
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1783 |
Paid off |
B057 |
1790/07 |
Began fitting for sea in order to search for the Bounty mutineers |
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1790/08 |
Recommissioned |
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1790/10 |
Completed fitting at a cost of £3,067 |
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1790/10/13 |
Sailed for the South Seas |
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1791/08/28 |
Wrecked in the Torres Strait, 31 crew and 4 of her 14 prisoners drowned |
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Fleets |
Fleet Title |
Commander |
Date From |
Date To |
Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Notes on Ship |
|
|
http://www.abc.se/~pa/mar/pandora.htm |
Sources |
Id |
Link or Description |
Author |
B057 |
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 |
Rif Winfield |
B028 |
Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I |
J. J. Colledge |
Last Updated :2009/02/20 at 20:07:15 by Cy
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