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HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
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HMS Pandora (1779)
Shipwreck in Queensland, Australia
HMS Pandora was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy launched in May 1779. The vessel is best known for its role in hunting down the Bounty mutineers in 1790, which remains one of the best-known stories in the history of seafaring. Pandora was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Great Barrier Reef
Coral reef system in Queensland, Australia
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)