HMS Interceptor

"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

The HMS Interceptor was a brig 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.

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

- Jack Sparrow to William Turner

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 (and having prepared the Interceptor, making Jack and Will's job easier), 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.

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 makes a non-canonical appearance 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.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
 * The Accidental Pirate!
 * Kingdom Hearts II
 * Pirates of the Caribbean Online