
Even a miniature one." ― Joshamee Gibbs concerning Elizabeth Swann " Bad luck to have a woman on board, too. Norrington ordered the crew to pursue their quarry regardless, but the hurricane proved too powerful to navigate and the Dauntless was destroyed. While Norrington was pursuing Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl, they came across a hurricane off Tripoli. The cursed pirates later staged a surprise attack on the Dauntless, in which Norrington's men defeated the pirates. After Elizabeth Swann was kidnapped by the cursed pirate crew of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow and Will Turner used the Dauntless in their plan to commandeer the Interceptor so they could sail it out to sea to save Elizabeth. From there, the Dauntless served as the power of those waters as the flagship of Norrington's men stationed at Port Royal. The Dauntless was used to carry Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth from England to the Caribbean, though they came upon the wreckage of a merchant vessel en route and rescued the sole survivor. Paired with the HMS Interceptor, both ships became the scourge of piracy in the Caribbean for years to come.

As one of the Empire's most powerful warships and the renowned pride of the Royal Navy, the Dauntless was agile and fast for a ship of her size, and her 100 guns made her a force to be reckoned with. The HMS Dauntless was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy serving under King George II, most notably under the command of Commodore James Norrington. "Well, because.Because the HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just offshore, waiting for you." ― Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow
