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.

See also

• Pioneer (1862), a gunboat commissioned by New Zealand and manned by the Royal Navy

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
• McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4