HMS Pandora (1833) explained

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

Between 1845 and 1848 Pandora, under the command of James Wood, was used as a tender to .^[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.
• Took part in the survey work of New Zealand, between 1851 and 1855. This work, together with that of between 1848 and 1851, led to the publication of the New Zealand Pilot.^[6] . On 8 February 1853, Pandora ran aground at Manukau whilst departing for Onehunga.^[7]
• In December 1854, surveyed Sumner Bay, including the bar and mouth of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary for the Canterbury Provincial Council. Drury wrote a report and produced a detailed chart of the area, with soundings.^[8]

Thomas Kerr her Master.

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: A. L. . Rice . 1986 . British Oceanographic Vessels, 1800-1950 . Ray Society. . 114–115. 978-0-903874-19-9 .
2. Book: Dawson . Llewellyn Styles . 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 . 1885 . Henry W. Keay . Eastbourne . Commander James Wood, R.N. . 57 .
3. Web site: Pandora Byron Drury R.N. . Davis . Paul . www.pdavis.nl . 2019-02-13 .
4. Web site: Byron Drury R.N. . Davis . Paul . www.pdavis.nl . 2019-02-13 .
5. Web site: Obituary: Admiral Byron Drury . The Times newspaper . 9 November 1888 . www.pdavis.nl . 2019-02-13 .
6. Book: Richards . G.H. . Evans . F.J. . The New Zealand Pilot . 1875 . Hydrographic Office, Admiralty . London . Fourth .
7. News: Ship News . The Morning Post . London . 23 August 1853 . 24858 . 8 .
8. Book: Amodeo, Colin . 1998 . Rescue: The Sumner community and its lifeboat . Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand . Sumner Lifeboat Institution Incorporated . 2 . 0-473-05164-8 .