HMS Pioneer

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Pioneer":
* HMS "Pioneer" was a 14-gun brig listed 1804–1807.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a 12-gun cutter launched in 1810. She was converted to a schooner in 1813 and back to a cutter in 1819. She was used as a coastguard vessel from 1824 and sold in 1849.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a wood screw discovery vessel launched in 1850. She was originally named "Eider". She was abandoned in 1854 in the Arctic.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1856. She was broken up in 1865.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a wood paddle survey vessel transferred from the Colonial Office in 1864. She was sold in 1873.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1874. She was broken up in 1888.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a river gunboat launched in 1892. In 1893 she was dismantled and then re-erected in Lake Nyasa. She was transferred to the British Central Africa government in 1894.
* HMS "Pioneer" was a "Pelorus"-class light cruiser launched in 1899. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1912 where she became HMAS "Pioneer".
* HMS "Pioneer" was a "Colossus"-class aircraft carrier launched in 1944. She was originally named "Ethalion", then "Mars". She was broken up in 1954.

----:"Pioneer" was also the name of a gunboat used in New Zealand::* "Pioneer" (1862) was an iron paddle gunboat launched in 1862. She was built in Sydney to the order of the New Zealand colonial government. She was manned by the Royal Navy and took part in the New Zealand land wars. In 1866 she was wrecked on the Manukau bar.

References

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* McDougall, R J (1989) "New Zealand Naval Vessels." Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780477013994