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Several vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Pigeon''. *HMS Pigeon (1805) was the ex-mercantile ''Fanny'', purchased in May 1805 and fitted and armed (with 4 x 12-pounder carronades) as a dispatch cutter. She was wrecked three quarters of a mile from the town of Rysum in East Friesland in November 1805 through the inexperience of her pilot.〔Gossett (1986), p.51.〕 *HMS Pigeon (1806) was a ''Cuckoo'' class schooner launched in 1806 and wrecked off Margate in 1809.〔Gossett (1986), p.70.〕 *''Pigeon'': See HMS Variable (1827). *HMS Pigeon (1854) was the mercantile wood paddle tender ''Brothers'' purchased at Constantinople in 1854 and sold there in 1856. *HMS Pigeon (1860) was a wood screw Britomart class gunboat built in 1860 and broken up in 1876. *HMS Pigeon (1888) was a composite screw gunboat built in 1888 and sold in 1906. *HMS Pigeon (1916) was an M-class destroyer built in 1916 and sold in 1921. ==Citations== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Pigeon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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