HMS Dauntless

The HMS Dauntless was the flagship of Commodore James Norrington's Royal Navy forces stationed at Port Royal.

Originally the ship's lieutenant, Norrington accompanied Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter, Elizabeth Swann, from England. Joshamee Gibbs was also a crewman at that time.

The Dauntless was at anchor at the Port Royal harbor when Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner attempted to commandeer it. The Commodore pursued in the HMS Interceptor and boarded the Dauntless, only to find the ship deserted. The theft was a deception by Sparrow to commandeer the Interceptor after disabling the flagship's rudder chain.

After battling the cursed crew of the Black Pearl, the Dauntless returned to Port Royal to imprison the pirates and convey Jack Sparrow to his execution in Fort Charles, though the pirate again escaped Norrington's clutches.

It is unknown if the Dauntless was part of Cutler Beckett's armada during the War against piracy.