Details | ||
---|---|---|
Nationality | British | |
Ordered | 1778/02/11 | B057 |
Laid Down | 1778/03/02 | B057 |
Launched | 1779/05/17 | B028 |
Shipyard | Deptford | B028 |
Designer | John Williams | B057 |
Constructor | John Barnard | B057 |
Rate | Sixth Rate | |
Type | Ship | |
Out Service | 1791/08/28 | B057 |
Fate | Wrecked | B028 |
Dimensions | |||
---|---|---|---|
B057 | 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 | B057 | Broadside Weight = 105 |
Upper Gun Deck | 22 | British 9-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 2 | British 6-Pounder |
Crew Complement | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date | Men | Notes | Source |
1779 | 160 | Establishment | B057 |
Commanders | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1779/05 | 1781 | Post Captain | Anthony Parrey | B057 |
1781/03 | 1783 | Post Captain | John Inglis | B057 |
1790/08 | 1791/08/28 | Post Captain | Edward Edwards | B057 |
Commissioned Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1790/10/26 | 1791/08/28 | Lieutenant | Thomas Hayward |
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 | B057 |
1781/02 | Began a refit at Sheerness | B057 |
1781/03 | Completed refit at a cost of £3,157.15.2d | B057 |
1781/04/26 | Sailed with a convoy for North America | B057 |
1782/07/15 | Took the American privateer Dispatch | B057 |
1782/12/13 | Took the American privateer Nestor | B057 |
1783 | Paid off | B057 |
1790/07 | Began fitting for sea in order to search for the Bounty mutineers | B057 |
1790/08 | Recommissioned | B057 |
1790/10 | Completed fitting at a cost of £3,067 | B057 |
1790/10/13 | Sailed for the South Seas | B057 |
1791/08/28 | Wrecked in the Torres Strait, 31 crew and 4 of her 14 prisoners drowned | B057 |
Fleets | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Fleet Title | Commander | Date From | Date To | Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Actions & Battles | ||
---|---|---|
Date | Source | |
No Actions 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