The Porcupine-class sixth rates were a series of ten 24-gun post ships that served during the American War of Independence, with some going on to serve in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. This particular model is based on HMS Pandora, famous for being the ship sent to pursue the mutineers of HMS Bounty. Included are masts, sails, fighting tops and accessories including rowboats, anchors and bases with nameplates for every ship of this class. The .zip contains two files, with one being intended for resin printing alongside a "chunkier" FDM variant. Ten ships were ordered, built over a span of two years. Porcupine, the lead ship of the class, was launched in 1777 while the last, Champion, was launched in 1779. Ships of the class included Porcupine, Pelican, Eurydice, Hyaena, Penelope, Amphitrite, Crocodile, Siren, Pandora and Champion. This particular model is based on HMS Pandora, which was sent to pursue the mutineers of HMS Bounty. Pandora was dispatched on the 7th of November 1790, about seven months after the mutiny. Fourteen men were captured on Tahiti and remained aboard confined in a cage on the ship's deck while the ship combed the islands of the Pacific looking for other mutineers. Disaster struck on the 29th of August 1791 when the ship ran aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef, sinking the next morning. Thirty-five men died, with four of them being mutineers. While it seems the mutineers were released from their cage, one morbid account suggests that those who drowned did so because their hands were still manacled.

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