Hector (1784 ship)

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Hector
Builder	Amsterdam
Launched	1784
Captured	28 August 1799
Great Britain
Name	HMS Pandour
Acquired	28 August 1799 by capture
Fate	Sold
General characteristics [1]
Type	Frigate
Tons burthen	89439⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 134 ft 3 in (40.92 m) Keel: 108 ft 11 in (33.20 m)
Beam	39 ft 3+1⁄2 in (11.976 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	294
Armament	As frigate Lower deck (LD): 20 × 12-pounder guns Upper deck (UD): 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns As floating battery, 1804 LD: 20 × 24-pounder carronades UD: 22 × 24-pounder carronades QD: 4 × 24-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

Hector was a Dutch 44-gun frigate launched in 1784 that the British captured in 1799. They fitted her out and transferred her to the Transport Board in 1800 under the name Pandour. She then transported troops to and from Egypt. The Royal Navy commissioned her in 1803 as HMS Pandour; she then sailed to the Leeward Islands, where she participated in the capture of Surinam. The Navy converted her to a floating battery in 1804, and transferred her to Customs as a store hulk in 1805. She was sold in 1814.