| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | P |
| Pennant | N 42 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Jul 1928 |
| Launched | 22 Aug 1929 |
| Commissioned | 30 Jun 1930 |
| Lost | 1 Apr 1942 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sunk at the Valetta dockyard, Malta by Italian aircraft on 1 April 1942. Raised in September 1943 but not repaired. Scrapped in 1945. When she was sunk HMS Pandora (Lt. Robert Love Alexander, RN) had just arrived at Malta from Gibraltar loaded with supplies. Commanding Officers: Lt. Robert Love Alexander, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Pandora (N 42)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Wallace Linton, RN | 1 Oct 1938 | 1 Aug 1941 |
| 2 | Lt. Robert Love Alexander, RN | 1 Aug 1941 | 1 Apr 1942 |
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Noteable events involving Pandora include:
4 Jul 1940
HMS Pandora (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Linton, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French sloop Rigault de Genouilly 6 miles north of Matifou, Algeria.
At 1358 hours (no time zone mentioned in patrol report) HMS Pandora sights a 'what is thought to be' a La Galissioniere class light cruiser. At 1407 hours four torpedoes were fired from 3800 yards. Three hits were obtained.
28 Sep 1940
HMS Pandora (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Linton, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian Famiglia (813 GRT) about 10 nautical miles north-east of Al Haniyah, Libya in position 33º00'N, 21º38'E. (see map)
9 Jan 1941
HMS Pandora (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Linton, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchants Valdivagna (5400 GRT) and Palma (2715 GRT) about 5 nautical miles east-south-east of Cape Ferrato, Sardinia in position 39º15'N, 09º44'E. (see map)
23 May 1941
While en-route from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom, HMS Pandora (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Linton, DSC, RN) sighted an Italian submarine west of the Portugese coast in position 41º12'N, 11º00'W. (see map)
18 Jun 1941
At 1840 hours (time zone -2) HMS Pandora (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Linton, DSC, RN), while in position 43º20'N, 28º02'W, sights a lifeboat and picks up 12 survivors from the Dutch tanker Pendrecht that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 June 1941 about 500 nautical miles north-west of the Azores in position 45º18'N, 36º40'W by the German submarine U-48. (see map)