HMS Pandora (1833)
 Pandora in 1861, painted by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Pandora |
| Ordered: | 11 December 1831 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Cost: | £7,821 |
| Laid down: | August 1832 |
| Launched: | 5 July 1836 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1836 |
| Reclassified: | Converted to survey ship 1845. |
| Fate: | Sold January 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Pandora-class brig |
| Tons burthen: | 318 68⁄94 tons bm |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 29 ft 3 in (8.9 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Complement: | 50 (later 60) |
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HMS Pandora was a 3-gun brig of the British Royal Navy, in service from 1833 to 1862.
Map of the Cape of Good Hope with soundings made by Pandora in 1851
Soundings made off the Cape of Good Hope at the Agulhas Bank in 1851. Carried out survey work of North Island, New Zealand. Thomas Kerr her Master.
References
- Lyon, David and Rif Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All of the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham Publishing. 2004, p. 126.
- Day, Jean D. The Search for Thomas Kerr, Mariner, Mapmaker, Missionary, Meteorologist, 1825 - 1875. Create Space, 2015.
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