HMS Pandora
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Five vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythological Pandora:
- Pandora, launched in 1779, was a 24-gun frigate. She was sent to capture the Bounty mutineers in 1790 and ran aground 1791.
- Pandora, launched in 1859, was a Philomel-class wooden gunboat. She was sold in 1875.
- Pandora, launched in 1889, was a Pearl-class cruiser. She was renamed Katoomba and sold in 1906.
- Pandora, launched in 1900, was a Pelorus-class cruiser. She was scrapped in 1913.
- 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.
A fictitious British warship of this name is the setting of the William Golding trilogy To the Ends of the Earth.
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