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HMS Pioneer (1856)

Gunvessel of the Royal Navy

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag	[[File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	100x35px	Royal Navy Ensign]]
name	HMS Pioneer
ordered	18 April 1855
builder	Pembroke Dockyard
laid_down	July 1855
launched	19 January 1856
commissioned	31 May 1856
decommissioned	October 1864
fate	Sold for breaking up at Plymouth in 1865
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
tons_burthen	868 49/94 bm
length	200 ft pp
beam	30 ft
hold_depth	14 ft
sail_plan	Barque
power	1150 ihp
propulsion	*2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
speed	11.3 kn
complement	100
armament	*As built:
* 4 × 20 pounder breech loaders<ref name	RWWinfield (2008) p.220-221

Single screw
1 × 68-pounder muzzle-loading rifle
4 × 32-pounder (25cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore guns
Later:
1 × 7-inch/110-pounder breech loader
1 × 40-pounder breech loader
4 × 20 pounder breech loaders '*HMS Pioneer''' was a 4-gun *Intrepid''-class gunvessel launched on 19 January 1856 from the Pembroke Dockyard. She saw active service in China and was decommissioned in 1864.

Service history

She was commissioned to the North America and West Indies Station before serving as part of the Channel Squadron. She was then assigned to the East Indies Station and China Station where she participated in the Taiping Rebellion. She was then assigned to the Australia Station in 1862 serving until 1863.

Fate

Upon returning to Plymouth, she was sold to Marshall in October 1864 for breaking in 1865.

Named in her honour

The Queensland Governor, George Bowen, named the Pioneer River in Queensland, Australia after the ship in which he visited the river in 1862.

References

Winfield (2008) p.220-221
Bastock, p.32.
"HMS ''Pioneer''".
Bastock, p.33.
{{cite QPN. 26973. Pioneer River

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