[3e] HMS Pandora

[Phaelen Bleux]

HMS Pandora (1779, TL5)
A 24-gun, sixth-rate ship of the Porcupine-class, the HMS Pandora was first deployed into the Channel to ward off the threatening fleets of Spain and France, and then to North America during the American Revolutionary War. In 1783, she was mothballed for seven years, until called out again in the event of a possible conflict with Spain. Instead, as word reached England about the mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty, the HMS Pandora was dispatched to recover the Bounty.
In 1791 she reached Tahiti and captured 14 of the mutineers. She spent three months looking for the HMS Bounty, but to no avail. As she began to return to England, she ran around on the Great Barrier Reef and sank. Thirty-one crew and four prisoners perished in the sinking, and 56 more men were lost before the remaining 134 crew were able to return home.
The wreck of the HMS Pandora was discovered and excavated in 1977, with exhibits of the ship being displayed in the Queensland Museum.

Subassemblies: Body with Mediocre hydrodynamic lines +8, one 82' Foremast +2, one 91' Main Mast +2, one 73' Mizzenmast +2.
Powertrain: 10,086 sf of Full-rigged Cloth Sails.
Occupancy: 160 crew. Minimum crew is 1 driver + 4 sailors.
Cargo: 300 tons.

Armor: 3/10W overall

Weaponry:
22x 9-pounder Cannons [Body:L,R] (100 shots each).
2x 6-pounder Cannons [Body:B] (100 shots each).

Body: Navigation instruments, one luxury cabin, 4 cabins, 50 hammocks, 4,800 man-days provisions, 132 gunner crew stations. On Deck: 4,800-lb. winch (capstan), three 18-man longboats.

Statistics:
Size: 114'x32'x91' Payload: 361 tons Lwt.: 526 tons
Volume: 52,400 cf. Maint.: 30 hours Price: $430,173

HT: 7. HPs: 12603 Body, 174 Foremast, 214 Main Mast, 138 Mizzenmast.

wSpeed: 12.8 wAccel: 0.4 wDecel: 1 wMR: 0.05 wSR: 6
Draft: 7.5'. Flotation Rating: 1,493 tons.

Design Notes:
Structure is Medium, with Standard materials. Waterproofed. Armor is DR 10 Standard Wood. Primitive controls. The heights of all masts were calculated based on model of the ship. Volume was calculated as 100 cf per ton of displacement. The volume of the armor is included in the design as per the option on p. VEii5. Historical draft varied from 7.3’ to 11’, depending upon load.
Stats for the 6-pounder and 9-pounder cannons can be found on p. AN110. WPS is 1.5x “pdr” (p. SW104), CPS is $3 x WPS (p. SW104) and VPS is WPS/150 (p. VE108).