Several vessels of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Pigeon''.
* was the ex-mercantile ''Fanny'', purchased in May 1805 and fitted and armed as a dispatch
cutter. She was wrecked three quarters of a mile from the town of
Rysum
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in
East Friesland
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in November 1805 through the inexperience of her pilot.
* was a launched in 1806 and wrecked off Margate in 1809.
*''Pigeon'': See .
* was the mercantile wood paddle tender ''Brothers'' purchased at
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
in 1854 and sold there in 1856.
* was a wood screw built in 1860 and broken up in 1876.
* was a composite screw gunboat built in 1888 and sold in 1906.
* was an built in 1916 and sold in 1921.
References
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Royal Navy ship names