HMS Pandora (1833)

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Thomas Hornbrook - H.M.S. Pandora - 1916-12 - Auckland Art Gallery.jpg
Pandora in 1861, painted by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Pandora
Ordered11 December 1831
Builder Woolwich Dockyard
Cost £7,821
Laid downAugust 1832
Launched5 July 1833
Commissioned1 June 1836
ReclassifiedConverted to survey ship 1845.
FateSold January 1862
General characteristics
Class and type Pandora-class brig
Tons burthen318 6894 tons bm
Length
  • 90 ft (27.4 m) (overall)
  • 71 ft 3 in (21.7 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 3 in (8.9 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 10 in (4.22 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement50 (later 60)
Armament

HMS Pandora was a 3-gun brig of the Royal Navy, in service from 1833 to 1862.

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Map of the Cape of Good Hope with soundings made by Pandora in 1851 Africa, sheet IV from Hollams Island to Cape Correntes including the Cape of Good Hope - from 1822 to 1826 RMG F0115.tiff
Map of the Cape of Good Hope with soundings made by Pandora in 1851

Between 1845 and 1848 Pandora, under the command of James Wood, was used as a tender to HMS Herald. [1] During this time she was involved in survey work on the west Coast of the Americas from Colombia to Vancouver Island. [2]

From 20 December 1850 to 5 June 1856 [3] her captain was Commander Byron Drury, [4] under whose command she spent four and a half years surveying the New Zealand coast. [5]

Thomas Kerr her Master.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. Rice, A. L. (1986). British Oceanographic Vessels, 1800-1950. Ray Society. pp. 114–115. ISBN   978-0-903874-19-9.
  2. Dawson, Llewellyn Styles (1885). "Commander James Wood, R.N.". Memoirs of hydrography, including brief biographies of the principal officers who have served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service between the years 1750 and 1885. Part 2. - 1830-1885. Eastbourne: Henry W. Keay. p. 57.
  3. Davis, Paul. "Pandora Byron Drury R.N." www.pdavis.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. Davis, Paul. "Byron Drury R.N." www.pdavis.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. The Times newspaper (9 November 1888). "Obituary: Admiral Byron Drury" . Retrieved 13 February 2019 via www.pdavis.nl.
  6. Richards, G.H.; Evans, F.J. (1875). The New Zealand Pilot (Fourth ed.). London: Hydrographic Office, Admiralty.
  7. "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 24858. London. 23 August 1853. p. 8.
  8. Amodeo, Colin (1998). Rescue: The Sumner community and its lifeboat. Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand: Sumner Lifeboat Institution Incorporated. p. 2. ISBN   0-473-05164-8.

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