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| Name | Pigeon (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunboat | ||
| Launched | 7 June 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 268 tons | ||
| Displacement | 330 tons | ||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1876 | ||
| Class | Britomart | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 28 November 1868 | That portion of the Channel Squadron which left Plymouth Sound on Thursday for Lisbon, consisted of the Minotaur, Defence, Penelope, Bellerophon, and Northumberland. The Warrior shipped her powder yesterday (Friday), and will follow shortly. The Helicon and Pigeon will probably leave to-day with despatches for the Admirals. | ||
| Fr 9 September 1870 | The gunboat Pigeon, tender to the Cambridge, at Devonport, is to be commissioned forthwith, to take the place of the Trinculo, which was lately run down and sunk on her passage from Gibraltar for Malaga. | ||
| Fr 28 October 1870 | The gunboat Pigeon, Lieutenant-Commander Turton, 17 days from Plymouth, arrived [at Gibraltar] on the 17th, to take the place of the late Trinculo. | ||
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