HMS Pandora was a 3-gun
brig of the
Royal Navy, in service from 1833 to 1862.
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]
Soundings made off the Cape of Good Hope at the Agulhas Bank in 1851.[citation needed]
Took part in the survey work of
New Zealand, between 1851 and 1855. This work, together with that of
HMS Acheron between 1848 and 1851, led to the publication of the New Zealand Pilot.[6][further explanation needed]. On 8 February 1853, Pandora ran aground at
Manukau whilst departing for
Onehunga.[7]
^Richards, G.H.; Evans, F.J. (1875).
The New Zealand Pilot (Fourth ed.). London: Hydrographic Office, Admiralty.
^"Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 24858. London. 23 August 1853. p. 8.
^Amodeo, Colin (1998). Rescue: The Sumner community and its lifeboat. Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand: Sumner Lifeboat Institution Incorporated. p. 2.
ISBN0-473-05164-8.
References
Day, Jean D. The Search for Thomas Kerr, Mariner, Mapmaker, Missionary, Meteorologist, 1825 - 1875. Create Space, 2015.
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.