Nine ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Pioneer'': * was a 14-gun

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listed 1804–1807. * was a ''Pigmy''–class

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of the

, launched in 1810 as a cutter. During her service with the Navy she captured one French

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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. * was a wood-hulled

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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

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. * was a wood screw

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launched in 1856. She was broken up in 1865. * was a wood-hulled paddle survey vessel built in 1860, transferred from the Colonial Office in 1864. She was sold in 1873. * was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1874. She was broken up in 1888. * was a river gunboat launched in 1892. In 1893 she was dismantled and then re-erected in Lake Nyasa. She was transferred to the

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government in 1894. * HMS ''Pioneer'' was a light cruiser launched in 1899. She was transferred to the

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in 1912 where she became . * was a launched in 1944. She was originally named ''Ethalion'', then ''Mars''. She was broken up in 1954.

References

* * McDougall, R J (1989) ''New Zealand Naval Vessels.'' Government Printing Office. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pioneer Royal Navy ship names

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