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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 | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 1 February 1870 - 31 July 1870 | Commanded by Captain Augustus Phillimore, Senior Officer, Gibraltar | ||
| 6 October 1871 - 17 January 1874 | Commanded by Captain Augustus Phillimore, Senior Officer, Gibraltar | ||
| 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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