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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]
HMS Pandora (1780) was the French 14-gun brig Pandour, launched in 1780, that the British captured in 1795 and renamed HMS Pandora; she foundered in the North Sea in 1797. HMS Pandora (1806), an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1811 off the Skaw with the loss 27 men to exposure. [1]
In November 1790, the Admiralty despatched the frigate HMS Pandora, under Captain Edward Edwards, to capture the mutineers and return them to England to stand trial. [157] Pandora arrived at Tahiti on 23 March 1791 and, within a few days, all fourteen surviving Bounty men had either surrendered or been captured. [158]
His naval career after he was commissioned included service in the following ships, before being appointed to Pandora: HMS Nassau, a 64-gun third rate, as fourth lieutenant; HMS Lowestoffe, a 32-gun fifth rate, as second lieutenant; HMS Zephyr, a 14-gun sloop, as first lieutenant, under Captain J. Inglis; HMS Ferret, a 14-gun sloop, as first ...
HMS Pandora was sent out by the Admiralty in November 1790 in pursuit of Bounty, to capture the mutineers and bring them back to Britain to face a court martial. She arrived in March 1791 and captured fourteen men within two weeks; they were locked away in a makeshift wooden prison on Pandora ' s quarterdeck. The men called their cell "Pandora ...
In 1791, Heywood and his companions were met in Tahiti by the search vessel HMS Pandora. Heywood and one other sailor welcomed the Pandora in canoes, relieved to be rescued. However, they were arrested; the captain, Edward Edwards , had them and 12 others fettered and handcuffed in an 11-foot (3.4 m) box built for the purpose on deck.
In November 1790, Captain Edward Edwards—in command of HMS Pandora—had sailed from England with orders to comb the Pacific for the mutineers of HMS Bounty. In March of the following year, Pandora arrived at Tahiti and picked up 14 Bounty crewmen who had stayed on that island.
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