HMS Pioneer

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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pioneer:

HMS Pioneer (1804) was a 14-gun brig listed 1804–1807.
HMS Pioneer (1810) was a Pigmy–class schooner of the Royal Navy, launched in 1810 as a cutter. During her service with the Navy she captured one French privateer and assisted at the capture of another. In 1823–1824 she underwent fitting for the Coast Guard blockade. She then served with the Coast Guard to 1845. She was sold at Plymouth in 1849.
HMS Pioneer (1850) was a wood-hulled screw discovery vessel purchased 16 February 1850 to search for Franklin's lost expedition. She was originally built in 1847 by R & H Green, Blackwall as the merchant ship Eider. She was abandoned, icebound, on 25 August 1854 off Bathurst Island in the Arctic.^[1]^[2]
HMS Pioneer (1856) was a wood screw gunvessel launched in 1856. She was broken up in 1865.
HMS Pioneer (1864) was a wood-hulled paddle survey vessel built in 1860, transferred from the Colonial Office in 1864. She was sold in 1873.
HMS Pioneer (1874) was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1874. She was broken up in 1888.
HMS Pioneer (1892) 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 (R76) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier launched in 1944. She was originally named Ethalion, then Mars. She was broken up in 1954.

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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.

Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Spanker:

Three vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bee, after the insect, the bee. A third ship was ordered but never completed:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:

Several ships of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Heron after the wading bird.

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the porpoise:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Reindeer or Rein Deer, after the Reindeer:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charon, after Charon, the boatman to Hades across the River Styx in Greek Mythology:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket. Another was planned but never completed:

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pigeon.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pike, after the Northern pike, a species of fish:

HMS Niger was originally slated to be built as a Sampson designed sloop; however, she was ordered as a First-Class sloop with screw propulsion on 20 February 1845 to be built at Woolwich Dockyard, along the design developed by Oliver Lang and with a hull like the Basilisk designed paddle sloops. Her armament and engine were to be like the Encounter Design building at Pembroke. A second vessel (Florentia) was ordered on 26 March 1846 but after her keel was laid at Pembroke Dockyard, her construction was suspended on 6 October 1846 then cancelled three years later, on 22 May 1849. Niger She conducted important propulsion trials, finally proving the superiority of screw propulsion and served in West Africa, the Crimea, China, the East Indies and Australia. She took part in the New Zealand wars in 1860 and was sold for breaking in 1869.

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Grinder:

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Redbreast, after the European robin.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beacon:

Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named Dwarf:

References

↑ Banbury, Philip (1971). Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 184. ISBN 0-7153-4996-1.
↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 232. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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.
McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4

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[1] Banbury, Philip (1971). Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 184. ISBN 0-7153-4996-1.

[2] Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 232. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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