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	Pitcairn Islands Study Center
		HMS BERWICK A 74-gun ship commanded by Captain John Fergusson; the first ship in which Bligh served as a commissioned officer (fifth lieutenant) from September 5, 1781, to the end of December the same year.
		HMS PROVIDENCE The Providence was a sixth-rate frigate of 420 tons burden, with three decks, armed with twelve carriage guns and fourteen swivels, and carrying a crew of 134 on Bligh’s second breadfruit expedition, August 3, 1791, to August 7, 1793.
		HMS RANGER The ship in which Bligh served as a midshipman (at first he was officially entered as an able-bodied seaman) from September 2, 1774, to March 17, 1776.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/bounty/encyclopedia.shtml (6431 words)

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		The voyage of HMS Bounty was prompted by a proposal to introduce the Tahitian breadfruit to the West Indian plantations as a convenient food for the slaves on the sugar plantations.
		HMS Bounty reached Pitcairn's Island on 15 January 1790 and her crew began to build a settlement once it was clear that the land was habitable.
		HMS Pandora reached Matavai Bay on 23 March 1791 and fourteen of the sixteen mutineers there were arrested (the other two had been killed earlier).
	www.angelfire.com /or/petermarsh/bligh.htm (3171 words)

	HMS Pandora at AllExperts
		She was sent to capture the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
		* Pandora (N42), launched in 1929, was a P-class submarine.
		She served in World War II and was sunk at Valletta, Malta by Italian aircraft on 1 April 1942.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_pandora.htm (173 words)

	Queensland Museum - The Pandora Story
		On 20th November 1779 (when 26 years of age) Corner was commissioned Lieutenant RN and appointed to the Thunder (Bomb, 8 guns) (The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO): ADM 6/22).
		The decision to appoint Lt Corner to the Richard was made by the Admiralty on 22nd June 1790; as was the decision to appoint a Lt Fleming in Corner’s place (on 21st August 1790), i.e.
		The Pandora’s Robert Corner could be either one of them because his death is on record as occurring in February 1819 at age 66.
	www.qm.qld.gov.au /features/pandora/story/07_story3.asp (840 words)

	HMS Pandora model ship wooden ship model send after the HMS Bounty
		HMS Pandora was the Royal Navy warship sent to the South Pacific to capture the 25 men who had 'pirated' the HMS Bounty and cast adrift her Captain, William Bligh.
		On 29 August 1791, the Pandora was homeward boundï¿½via the Torres Strait ï¿½when she struck a part of the Great Barrier Reef and sank.
		Thirty-one of the Pandoraï¿½s crew and four of the mutineers drowned in the shipwreck.
	www.handcraftedmodelships.com /hms-pandora.php (655 words)

	Glendale School - Boats
		Admiral Lord Nelson was the caption of the HMS Victory.
		In 1922 the HMS Victory was placed on the docks in Portsmouth.
		It was built 1779 and the captain was Edward Edwards.
	schools.cbe.ab.ca /b143/boats/drawings/art2.html (646 words)

	OnlineCrewing.com - Free Article / Library
		An anchor of the "HMS Bounty" was recovered by Luis Marden in Bounty Bay.
		HMS Pandora, under the command of Captain Edward Edwards, was dispatched on 7 November 1790 to search for Bounty and the mutineers.
		Pandora carried twice the normal complement, as it was expected that the extras would man the Bounty when it was recovered from the mutineers.
	www.onlinecrewing.com /article/chief-mate.php?q=HMS_Bounty (3719 words)

	Age of Sail Art Print Listing
		HMS Defence at the Battle of the Glorious 1st June 1794 by Nicholas Pocock.
		HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme Lothian.
		HMS Captain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent by Ivan Berryman.
	www.military-art.com /mall/ageofsail.htm (873 words)

	Bolitho & Co. Marinehistorische Romane ~ Englischsprachige Hintergrund- und Fachliteratur
		It became famous for her survey voyages under Commander Robert Fitzroy, especially once Charles Darwin, a passenger on the second expedition, wrote the "On the Origin of Species", which was based on studies undertaken during the voyage.
		The Pandora is best known for her voyage to Tahiti which was undertaken to bring back the Bounty mutineers.
		Fourteen of them were captured at Tahiti but four of them were drowned when Pandora ran aground on 29 August 1791 on the Great Barrier Reef on her return journey.
	www.bolitho-und-co.de /fachbuecher/anatomy/indxanatomy.htm (1153 words)

	Hand Crafted Model Ships -
		HMS Pandora was the Royal Navy warship sent to the South Pacific to capture the 25 men who had 'pirated' the HMS Bounty and cast adrift her Captain, William Bligh.
		The 24-gun Porcupine class frigate and the mission to capture the mutineers was entrusted to Captain Edward Edwards.
		Thirty-one of the Pandoraï¿½s crew and four of the mutineers drowned in the shipwreck.
	server1.mjbconsulting.com /~handyman/hand_crafted_model_ships_products.php?PID=219 (535 words)

	Thomas Hayward
		It was at Betsy's suggestion, in the summer of 1787, that Bligh chose the 20-year-old Thomas to sail on his forthcoming scientific expedition to the South Pacific.
		Hayward, after his return to England, was promoted to Lieutenant, and was attached to the HMS Pandora to assist in the search for his former crewmates.
		Hayward's performance during the sinking of the HMS Pandora was level-headed and responsible.
	www.lareau.org /hayward.html (520 words)

	Mutiny on the Bounty, Peter Heywood's Account to His Mother (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pandora, ever unlucky, and as if devoted by heaven to destruction, was driven by a current upon the patch of a reef, and on which, there being a heavy surf, she was soon almost bulged to pieces ; but, having thrown all the guns on one side overboard, the tide flowing at.
		When the 'Pandora' arrived, he was encouraged to surrender without a fight by his much older comrades, probably suspecting that his age at the time of the mutiny would work in his favor.
		On the Bounty, the Pandora, and on other vessels, he was the first to stand up for his rights, and the rights of his crew, a shop-steward before the days of unions and a man before his time.
	www.corvalliscommunitypages.com /Europe/england/mutinyheywood.htm (15124 words)

	NavalTales - Home
		This website currently shows the progress of a project depicting the British 6th rate frigate HMS Pandora.
		Her keel was laid in Deptford on 2 March 1778 and launched on 17 May 1779.
		She became famous because of her hunt for the bounty mutineers along the way she was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef on 29 August 1791.
	www.navaltales.de (168 words)

	Mutiny on the Bounty at AllExperts
		HMS Pandora, under the command of Captain Edward Edwards,was dispatched November 7, 1790 to search for Bounty and the mutineers.
		Pandora carried twice the normal complement, as it was expected that the extras would man the Bounty when it was recovered from the mutineers.
		Four of the men from Bounty came on board Pandora soon after its arrival, and ten more were arrested in a few weeks.These fourteen, mutineers and loyal crew alike, were imprisoned in a makeshift cell on Pandora's deck, which they derisively called "Pandora's Box".
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/mutiny_on_the_bounty.htm (3585 words)

	Custom Made Ship Models, Custom Built Model Ships, Fine Quality Custom Built Wooden Plank on Frame Ship Models ...
		HMS Pickle was a schooner with 8 carronades, brought into the Royal Navy as the Sting but renamed Pickle two years later. HMS Pickle was under the command of Lt. John Richard Lapenotiere at the Battle of Trafalgar. HMS Pickle carried Admiral Colingwood's victory dispatch to England after the Battle of Trafalgar.
		HMS Agamemnon (Trafalgar 1805), was a third rate 2 decker with 64 guns. At the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Agamemnon was under the command of Capt. Sir Edward Berry. The Agamemnon followed HMS Ajax into action. She fired a broadside into the Bucentaure. The Agamemnon then engaged Rear-Admiral Dumanoir's ships.
		HMS Pandora was a british frigate of 24 guns. After the news of the mutiny of the Bounty reached England, the Admiralty quickly despatched the Pandora with specific orders to capture and return the mutineers to England. Fourteen men were captured and locked up on HMS Pandora's quarterdeck and since then remembered as Pandora's Box.
	www.admiraltyshipmodels.co.uk /acatalog/Model_to_Order_Custom_Built.html (4128 words)

	Queensland Museum - The Pandora Story
		Lt, he was C O of a press gang operating in HMS Richard in the North Sea.
		Age 18, from Orkney; recruited by HMS David on 17 Aug 1790 at Kirkwall Roads.
		DD 29 Aug 1791;Age 24, from Orkney, recruited by HMS David on 17 Aug 1790 at Kirkwall Roads.
	www.qm.qld.gov.au /features/pandora/story/06_story.asp (4280 words)

	The Men who sailed with Captain James Cook
		Bryan Bentham, Gregory's grandfather, was Clerk of HM Ropeyard at Chatham in 1726 and, when he died in 1748, he was Clerk of the Cheque at Sheerness.
		The Pandora was wrecked in Torres Strait on 28 August 1791.
		Bryan was Clerk of HM Ropeyard at Chatham in 1726.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/~cookmen2.html (12634 words)

	Anova Books - History of Sail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Pandora was a 24-gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779.
		Forever associated with Nelson's last battle, HMS Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time, and is now preserved as a major part pf the Royal Naval...
		An account of the purchase by the Navy of the merchant vessel Bethia and her subsequent conversion into a naval transport The Bounty, as she was renamed, was...
	www.chrysalisbooks.co.uk /category/historyofsailanatomy (260 words)

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		HMS Pandora was the Royal Navy warship sent to the South Pacific to capture the 25 men who had 'pirated' the Bounty and cast adrift her Captain, William Bligh.
		Opening the devil's door and unseating the forbidden tree are similar images to Pandora's raising the lid of a jar containing the earth's evils.
		Related species include Pandora neoaphidis, a common, naturally occurring pathogen of aphids that can be particularly effective during moist periods.
	www.lycos.com /info/pandora--miscellaneous.html (383 words)

	ScaleModel.NET Bookstore - Conway Titles
		The Pandora was a 24gun Sixth Rate built at Deptford in 1779.
		The 20 and 24gun classes were the smallest regularly commanded by a Post Captain and they were consequently known as post ships; they were also the smallest frigate--built ships on the Navy...
		A 10-gun brig and survey ship, HMS Beagle became famous for its survey voyages under Commander Robert FitzRoy, especially once Charles Darwin, a passenger on the second expedition, wrote On the Origin of Species which was based on studies undertaken during...
	scalemodel.net /bookstore/PublisherShelf.aspx?Publisher=Conway (323 words)

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		In addition to these, a colour representation of Endeavour on the jacket provides a useful painting guide, on the back of which is a beautifully folded large scale plan of the ship.
		Her most famous encounter came in 1812 when she successfully fought against HMS Guerriere, earning the nick name "Old Ironsides" when the British round shot could not penetrate her walls.
		Built in Boston where she has been berthed for the past seventy-one years, she is considered to be the oldest commissioned warship in the world.
	www.sea-room.com /anatomy.html (2000 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS PANDORA model of a 24 gun small frigate, the model is plank on frame construction a double planked kit, contains a selection of brass and wood fittings, Length 780mm / Height 580mm / Beam 265mm.
		Scale is 1:85 Pandora was built in 1779 at Deptford England.
		HMS Victory, Admiral Nelsons flagship from the Battle of Trafalgar, the model is plank on frame construction, a double planked kit, contains a selection of brass and wood fittings, Height 715mm / Length 1035mm / Scale is 1:98.
	www.gee-dee.co.uk /WOODENSHIPS.htm (281 words)

	CORAL SEA - SHIPWRECKS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The wreck of greatest historical interest is that of the Pandora, returning some of the Bounty mutineers to England, wrecked north of Raine Island in 1791.
		She was returning to England from Tahiti with fourteen captured mutineers from HMS Bounty.
		The Pandora has a special significance for archaeologists, since it is one of the best preserved shipwrecks in Australian waters.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /coralsea-wrecks.html (5429 words)

	Fisher Online Store: 24-GUN FRIGATE PANDORA: Revised Edition (Anatomy of the Ship) - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Pandora is best known for her vоуаgе to Tahiti which was undertaken to bring bаск the Bounty mutineers.
		Fourteen of them wеrе captured at Tahiti but four of them were drоwnеd when Pandora ran aground on 29 August 1791 оn the Great Barrier Reef on her return journey.
		I found the HMS Pandora an interesting subject because much is known аbоut her аnd she represents the most minimal shiр that could be an at all effective frigate in her era.
	www.fishing-premier.com /tovar30383531373738393431.html (567 words)

	Pegasus Models
		They were used along the north sea coast of Germany and was very similar to that of the British and Dutch high sea barges.
		Halifax saw action at the landing of the British Royal Navy in Boston 1775, and was most famous for her role in the burning of the port of Falmouth, Maine in 1776, the year of the American Revolution.
		The Pandora is best known for her voyage to Tahiti to bring back the Bounty mutineers.
	www.pegasusmodels.co.uk /manusub.asp?manu=Constructo (632 words)

	Further Sources on HMS Pandora \| Reading Lists for Further Research \| Online Information Bank \| Research
		HMS Pandora and the voyage to capture the Bounty mutineers
		• EDWARDS, E. and HAMILTON, C. Voyages of HMS Pandora: despatched to arrest mutineers of the Bounty, F. Edwards, 1915
		These books may be stocked by your local public library or may be made available through the inter-library lending service.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /reading_pandora.htm (138 words)

	William Bligh
		He joined the Royal Navy in 1770 where he served on HMS Hunter and became a Midshipman in 1771, serving on HMS Crescent and HMS Ranger.
		This voyage ended with the death of Cook on February 14th 1779 in Hawaii (known at that time as the Sandwich Islands).
		In 1797, he commanded HMS Director at the battle of Camperdown and as Captain of HMS Glatton in 1801 took part in the battle of Copenhagen, after which he was commended for his bravery by Admiral Nelson.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/bounty/wmbligh.shtml (1224 words)

	Time Line - History and Culture - Norfolk Island
		Under command of William Bligh, H.M. Armed Vessel Bounty with 46 men and boys aboard leaves Spithead to collect plants from Tahiti and Java to replant in the West Indies, providing a cheap food for sugar plantation slaves.
		HMS Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bringing supplies to Norfolk Island, wrecked on the reef at Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island
		H.M.S Pandora commanded by Captain Edward Edwards carrying 14 of the mutineers captured at Tahiti, runs aground on Great Barrier Reef and sinks.
	www.norfolkisland.com.au /history_and_culture/time_line.cfm (1505 words)

	Mutiny on the Bounty Summary
		The film tells of the H.M.S. Bounty which, in 1787, left England to obtain breadfruit plants from Tahiti and transport them to the West Indies, where they could be established as a plantation food source for slaves.
		A year later, Bligh, on board a new ship, the Pandora, returns to arrest the mutineers and bring them to justice in the English court.
		HMS Pandora, under the command of Captain Edward Edwards, was dispatched November 7, 1790 to search for Bounty and the mutineers.
	www.bookrags.com /Mutiny_on_the_Bounty (4532 words)

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