HMS Interceptor

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HMS Interceptor
Career information
Port of registry	Port Royal
Owner(s)	George II of Great Britain
Captain(s)	James Norrington Jack Sparrow Anamaria
Technical information
Type	Brig
Weapons	12 6-pound main deck cannons 4 two-pound poop deck cannons 2 swivel guns
Affiliation	Royal Navy
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Curse of the Black Pearl
Last appearance	The Curse of the Black Pearl
Cause	Destroyed by Koehler and Twigg

"Oh, the Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough, but there's no ship as can match the Interceptor for speed."

―Murtogg to Jack Sparrow^[src]

The HMS Interceptor was a brig^[1] in the fleet of the Royal Navy, and reknowned as the fastest ship in its service. While under the command of Captain James Norrington, it was stationed at Port Royal.

Contents 1 History 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references

[edit] History

"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term."

―Jack Sparrow to William Turner^[src]

Captain Jack Sparrow and William Turner commandeered the Interceptor to rescue Elizabeth Swann from Captain Hector Barbossa, after staging a diversion by seemingly attempting to capture the flagship, HMS Dauntless. With the Royal Navy occupied with the Dauntless, the pirates raced aboard the Interceptor and set sail.

Jack and Will arrived at Tortuga, where they assembled a crew to man the Interceptor. In order to placate an angry Anamaria, one of Jack's former lovers, Jack was forced to agree to give her the Interceptor in exchange for her own ship, which Jack had once stolen. In the meantime, Jack remained in command, using the Interceptor's speed to catch up with the Black Pearl at Isla de Muerta. Later, after Elizabeth's rescue, Anamaria and the absent Jack's crew attempted to outrun the Black Pearl. Unfortunately for the crew, their pursuers used the Pearl's sweeps to gain on the Interceptor. The vessel was boarded by Barbossa's pirates, and, after a fierce battle in which the Interceptor's mast was cut down, the crew was captured.

Held aboard the Pearl, the crew looked on helplessly as the Interceptor was destroyed.

[edit] Behind the scenes

• The Lady Washington, a sloop refitted as a brig, and based out of Grays Harbor, Washington, doubled as the Interceptor, and was the only real ship used in the film. No "props" were used aboard, as everything seen on screen was a working part of the ship.
• The captain of the Lady Washington was employed to give directions and advice to Johnny Depp for his scenes behind the wheel of the Interceptor.
• The Interceptor appears in Kingdom Hearts II, where it is ultimately destroyed by Luxord and his troops. In the game, it serves as a transport for Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Jack Sparrow.

[edit] Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
• The Accidental Pirate!
• Kingdom Hearts II (Non-canonical appearance)

[edit] Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide

[edit] Notes and references

1. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, p22 "Norrington"

Crew of the commandeered HMS Interceptor
Captain Jack Sparrow Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Kursar – Ladbroc Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Elizabeth Swann – Tearlach – William Turner
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Pirates ships in Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirate ships Bartholomew Roberts' ship – Black Harbinger – Black Pearl – Bo Beck's ship – Centurion – Ching's flagship Cutlass – Death Omen – Dolphin – Dragon – Empress – Fancy – Fortune Fuchuan – Ghost Captain's ship –Hai Peng – Hanyu Pinyin – HMS Interceptor – King George's Amnesty – Kin Tai Fong – Kirbac – La Fleur de la Mort – Misty Lady – Neptune – Ningpo Otter – Paradox – Pearl – Phantom – Princess – Ranger – Revenant – Revenge – Satisfaction – Sea Nymph – Seref Song – Storm Reaper – Swift – Victory
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Royal Navy ships in Pirates of the Caribbean
Royal Navy ships Albion – HMS Achilles – HMS Adventure – HMS Blazer – Bulwark – Centurion – HMS Century – Colossus – HMS Comet – HMS Dauntless – Goliath – HMS Diamond – HMS Endeavour – Ferret – Greyhound – HMS Hound – HMS Hyena – HMS Interceptor – Kingfisher – Lawrence Norrington's ship – Monarch – Panther – Predator – HMS Phoenix – HMS Raven – HMS Resistance – HMS Rose – HMS Success – HMS Trepassey – Vanguard – HMS Victor – RMS Manowar
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