Rudder pintle
Production date
Pre 1790
Pre 1790
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
Rudder pintle, cast from bronze. Six, roughly equidistant, round, attachment holes along each arm. Maker's marks: No. "24" (punched in dot form) impressed along arm; "FORBES"; broad arrow mark embossed on arm. .
Classification
MARITIME TECHNOLOGY Ship Fittings bricks
Production date
Pre 1790
Pre 1790
Pre 1790
Production place
Measurements
Length 850, Ht 75 Ht pin 300, Dia holes 19
Media/Materials description
Copper alloy/bronze
Signature/Marks
'Forbes'
'24'
Broad Arrow
'24'
Broad Arrow
History and use
In 1790 HMS Pandora sailed from England in pursuit of the HMS Bounty and its mutineers. The Pandora was wrecked in 1791 on its return voyage while attempting to negotiate the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Queensland Museum archaeological expeditions between 1983 and 1999 recovered many artefacts.
This bronze rudder pintle was recovered from the shallow reef flat where the Pandora first struck. It has high significance as the item's markings were used to aid in the formal identification of the wreckage being that of the Pandora.
Two raised broad arrow marks indicate that the pintle was made for a British naval vessel. Small dots punched into the piece to forming the number "24" refer to the particular class of vessel; the Pandora being a 24-gun frigate. The word "FORBES" in raised lettering denotes the manufacturer; the foundry operated by William Forbes is documented as a supplier of fittings to the Deptford yard where the Pandora was built in 1778.
HMS Pandora
Queensland Museum archaeological expeditions between 1983 and 1999 recovered many artefacts.
This bronze rudder pintle was recovered from the shallow reef flat where the Pandora first struck. It has high significance as the item's markings were used to aid in the formal identification of the wreckage being that of the Pandora.
Two raised broad arrow marks indicate that the pintle was made for a British naval vessel. Small dots punched into the piece to forming the number "24" refer to the particular class of vessel; the Pandora being a 24-gun frigate. The word "FORBES" in raised lettering denotes the manufacturer; the foundry operated by William Forbes is documented as a supplier of fittings to the Deptford yard where the Pandora was built in 1778.
HMS Pandora
Registration number
MA6
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