Several vessels of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Pigeon''.
* was the ex-mercantile ''Fanny'', purchased in May 1805 and fitted and armed as a dispatch
cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Cutter (hydraulic rescue tool)
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Pizza cutter
* Side cutter
People
* Cutter (surname)
* Cutt ...
. She was wrecked three quarters of a mile from the town of
Rysum
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in
East Friesland
East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the west of Landkreis Fries ...
in November 1805 through the inexperience of her pilot.
* was a launched in 1806 and wrecked off Margate in 1809.
*''Pigeon'': See .
* was the mercantile wood paddle tender ''Brothers'' purchased at
Constantinople
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in 1854 and sold there in 1856.
* was a wood screw built in 1860 and broken up in 1876.
* was a composite screw gunboat built in 1888 and sold in 1906.
* was an built in 1916 and sold in 1921.
References
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Royal Navy ship names