Some possible identities

Names of the vessels from which some of the crew who died in the Pandora were transferred-including vessels they were recruited by and places they hailed from.
Sources: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office ADM 36/11136; ADM 36/11092l; ADM 36/10776.

HMS Sandwich ("Holding ship")

• Robert Brown (pressed by HMS Champion, from London?) - A strong case can be argued that he is Harry, as he was one of the carpenter's mates - so he may have been trapped below decks while attempting to repair damage to the hull before the ship sank.
• William Carter (pressed by HMS Champion, from a "Greenland ship", a whaler)
• William Dedworth (pressed by HMS Champion, from The Fountain of Kings Lynn)
• William Cray (volunteered, on HMS David, from Orkney) - Possibly too young to be Harry.
• Martin Maysoner (volunteer, on HMS Sandwich, from Feversham, Kent)

HMS Richard (tender)

• Samuel Hammond (volunteer, from Whitby)
• William Lyon(s) (volunteer)

HMS Royal William

• Alexander Arbuthnott (pressed by HMS Richard, from Yarmouth)
• William Skelton (pressed by HMS Richard, from Yarmouth)
• Robert Webber (pressed by HMS Nemesis)

HMS Flirt (sloop)

• William Rodrick (volunteer) - Unlikely to be Harry; he jumped off the box into the sea.
• Evan Jones (volunteer)

HMS David (tender)

• Thomas Carroll (volunteer)
• George Eglington (volunteer) - Too young to be Harry.
• Robert Fea (volunteer) - Too young to be Harry.
• James Gordon (volunteer)
• Richard Mackie (volunteer) - Too young to be Harry.
• James Miller (volunteer) - Too young to be Harry.
• William Thompson (volunteer)

HMS Defence

• Thomas Brix(l)ey (pressed)

Volunteers

• John Andrews
• Robert Bowler - A strong case can be argued that he is Harry, as he was 29 when he died.
• John Grimwood - Unlikely to be Harry; he jumped off the box into the sea.
• Daniel Durling
• James Cullimore
• William Fletcher
• Patrick Henry
• William Perryman
• William Reeve(s)
• William Swan

A reliable determination of some of the crew's ages may only be possible if relevant details appear in the muster lists kept for the various ships the men served in before being entered into Pandora's books. Alternatively, as a number of the Pandora's men are known to have been pressed, or to have "volunteered", research will be useful to find extant registers or lists kept of impressment and/or volunteer recruitment for the Navy during 1790 (the so-called "Spanish Armament" or the "Nootka Controversy").

When this research is complete, it should be possible to eliminate more names from the list. But until such time, it will be assumed that Harry is most likely one of the four listed petty officers, as the ordinary and able seamen were most likely in their late teens or early twenties. This does not imply, however, that the other two petty officers (Grimwood or Rodrick) should be entirely ruled out, nor should the names of all the other men. Gradual progress is being made.