The human toll

On this page:

• Pandora crew running tally
• The four Bounty prisoners who died when the Pandora sank
• The 31 Pandoras who died during the wrecking
• The 16 Pandoras who died after the wrecking

Pandora crew running tally

Pandora's crew numbers throughout the voyage.

135 were onboard at the time of departure from Portsmouth       - 1 died of natural causes in the Atlantic (James Johnson)

134       + 1 gained (Jonathon Brown mustered on in Tahiti)

135       - 5 lost in Sival's jollyboat on 24 May 1791 (never heard of again)

130       - 9 lost in Oliver's tender Matavai on 24 June 1791

121       - 1 died of natural causes in the Pacific (Henry Adams) on 14 August 1791

120       - 31 died in the wreck on 29 August 1791

89       + 8 gained after the reunion at Samarang with Oliver's Matavai crew; Thomas Barker had died already in Surabaja hospital

97       - 1 lost when Jonathon Brown mustered off in Batavia

96       - 16 died during the journey from Timor to England, most of diseases caught in Batavia

80       - 2 lost at Cape Town (1 left behind in hospital, 1 deserted)

78 of the Pandora's crew made it home to England in June, July or August 1792

The four Bounty prisoners who died when the Pandora sank

Source: Captain Edwards' Report (Thompson, 1915:89).

• George Stewart (midshipman)
• Richard Skinner (Able seaman/barber's mate)
• John Sumner (Able seaman)
• Henry Hillbrandt (Hildebrandt?) (Able seaman)

The 31 Pandoras who died during the wrecking

Source: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) ADM 36/11136.

Petty Officers	Able Seamen	Ordinary Seamen	Landsmen
ANDREWS, John (Quartermaster)	BRIXLEY, Thomas	FEA, Robert	BANDY, Joseph
ARBUTHNOTT, Alexander (Sailmaker's mate)	CARROLL (or Carrol), Thomas	GORDON, James	JONES, Evan
BOWLER, Robert (Purser's steward)	CRAY, William	MACKIE, Richard
BROWN, Robert (Carpenter's crew)	CULLIMORE, James	MAYSONER, Martin
GRIMWOOD, John (Master-at-Arms)	DEDWORTH, William	MILLER, James
RODRICK, William (Corporal)	DURLING, Daniel	THOMPSON, William
	EGLINGTON,George	WEBBER, Robert
	FLETCHER, William
	HAMMOND, Samuel
	HENRY, Patrick
	LYON (or Lyons), William
	PAXTON, Alexander
	PERRYMAN, William
	REEVES (or Reeve), William
	SKELTON, William
	SWAN, William

The 16 Pandoras who died after the wrecking

Name	Rating	Location
William Oliver	Master’s mate	On board VOC Vredenburg
Thomas Lindsey	Qtr-master	On board VOC Hoornweg
John Ph. Fenwick	Midshipman	On board VOC Hoornweg
Alexander Montgomery	Carpenter	Batavia Hospital
Dennis Mahoney	Cook	Batavia Hospital
William Clements	Armourer	On board VOC Rembang
James Brown	AB	On board VOC Hoornweg
William Farrell	AB	On board VOC Vredenburg
John Murphy	AB	On board VOC Rembang
Robert Milton	AB	Batavia Hospital
James Murray	AB	On board VOC Zwaan
John Patterson	AB	Batavia Hospital
William Pilch	AB	Batavia Hospital
Charles Pummel	AB	On board VOC Zwaan
James Connell	Ord	Batavia Hospital
John Davis	Ord	On board VOC Rembang