| Name | Pioneer | 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 |
17 August 1862
- 22 September 1863 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Acting Commander Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson, Australia |
The Victorian Royal Navy
