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| Name | Pioneer (1856) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 19 January 1856 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 868 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 4 | ||
| Fate | 1864 | ||
| Class | Intrepid | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/365 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 8 February 1856 | Commanded by Commander George Pechell Mends, North America and West Indies | ||
| 7 May 1859 - 23 June 1859 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Charles Henry May, Channel squadron, then China | ||
| 27 June 1859 - 11 July 1862 | Commanded by Commander Hugh Arthur Reilly, East Indies and China (including British involvement in Taiping rebellion), then (1862) Australia | ||
| 20 July 1862 - 5 December 1862 | Commanded by Acting Commander Edward Kelly, Australia (during the New Zealand War) | ||
| 17 August 1862 - 22 September 1863 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Acting Commander Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson, Australia | ||
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