HMS Pandora
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Ten ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological
Pandora
. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological
Greek mythology
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Pandora
Pandora
In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. As Hesiod related it, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts...
. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
- HMS Pandora (1779)HMS Pandora (1779)HMS Pandora was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy launched in May 1779. She is best known as the ship sent in 1790 to search for the Bounty and the mutineers who had taken her...
, a 24-gun Porcupine-classPorcupine class post shipThe Porcupine-class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten post ships built to a 1776 design by John Williams, which served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War, some surviving to see more service in the Napoleonic Wars. The 24-gun design was a development of his 1773 design...
sixth rate launched in 1779. She was sent to capture the BountyMutiny on the BountyThe mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the...
mutineers in 1790 and ran aground in 1791. - HMS Pandora (1795), a 14-gun gun-brigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
, previously the French Pandour. She was captured in 1795 and foundered in 1797. - HMS Pandora (1806), an 18-gun Cruizer-classCruizer class brig-sloopThe Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...
brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1811. - HMS Pandora, to have been another 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop. She was ordered in 1812, renamed HMS Lynx later that year, and was cancelled in 1818.
- HMS Pandora (1813), an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813, converted to a ship-sloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
in 1825, put up for sale in 1827 and sold in 1831. - HMS Pandora (1833), a 3-gun packet brig launched in 1833. She became a coastguard watchvessel in 1857 and was sold in 1862.
- HMS Pandora (1859), a Philomel-classPhilomel class gunvesselThe Philomel-class gunvessel was a class of wooden-hulled screw-driven second-class gunvessels built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1867, of which 26 were ordered but only 20 completed. They had a mixed history, with some serving for as little as 5 years, and others surviving into the 1880s...
wooden gunboatGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
launched in 1859 and sold in 1875 for use as an Arctic expedition ship. She was sold to American explorers in 1878, renamed JeanetteUSS Jeannette (1878)The first USS Jeannette was originally HMS Pandora, a Philomel-class gunvessel of the Royal Navy, and was purchased in 1875 by Sir Allen Young for his arctic voyages in 1875-1876. The ship was purchased in 1878 by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner of the New York Herald; and renamed Jeannette...
and sunk by ice in 1881. - HMS Pandora, a Pearl-classPearl class cruiserThe Pearl-class cruiser was a class of nine third-class cruisers designed by Sir William White, five of which were paid for by Australia under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters.-Design:...
armoured cruiser launched in 1889, renamed HMS KatoombaHMS Katoomba (1889)HMS Katoomba was an Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Pandora, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 27 August 1889. Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Katoomba as the flagship of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in...
in 1890 and sold in 1906. - HMS Pandora (1900)HMS Pandora (1900)HMS Pandora was a of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White...
, a Pelorus-classPelorus class cruiserThe Pelorus class cruiser was a "third-class" protected cruiser class of eleven Royal Navy warships designed by Sir William White , based on the earlier Pearl class cruisers. They were ordered in 1893 under the Spencer Program, and laid down 1896–1900...
armoured cruiser launched in 1900 and scrapped in 1913. - HMS Pandora (1914), a depot ship, formerly the civilian Seti. She was renamed HMS Dolphin in 1924 and was sunk by a mineNaval mineA naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...
in 1939. - HMS Pandora (N42)HMS Pandora (N42)HMS Pandora was a British commissioned in 1930 and lost in 1942 during the Second World War. This class was the first to be fitted with Mark VIII torpedoes....
, a P-class submarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
launched in 1929 and sunk at VallettaVallettaValletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...
, MaltaMaltaMalta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
in 1942. She was raised in 1943 and broken up in 1957.
See also
- To the Ends of the EarthTo the Ends of the EarthTo the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of novels by William Golding, consisting of Rites of Passage , Close Quarters , and Fire Down Below...
, a trilogy of novels by William GoldingWilliam GoldingSir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies...
set aboard a fictitious HMS Pandora