Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pandora after the mythologicalPandora. Another was planned, but the name was reassigned to another ship:
HMS Pandora (1780) was the French 14-gun brigPandour, launched in 1780, that the British captured in 1795 and renamed HMS Pandora; she foundered in the North Sea in 1797.
HMS Pandora, to have been another 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop. She was ordered in 1812, renamed HMS Lynx later that year, and was cancelled in 1818.
HMS Pandora (1813), an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1813, converted to a ship-sloop in 1825, put up for sale in 1827 and sold in 1831.
HMS Pandora (1833), a 3-gun packet brig launched in 1833. She became a coastguard watchvessel in 1857 and was sold in 1862.
HMS Pandora (1859), a Philomel-class wooden gunboat launched in 1859 and sold in 1875 for use as an Arctic expedition ship. She was sold to American explorers in 1878, renamed Jeannette and sunk by ice in 1881.
