| Name: | PIONEER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/05/1866 |
| Completed: | 06/1866 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 206 |
| Dimensions: | 756grt, 514nrt, 205.0 x 30.3 x 15.4ft; (1871: 1041grt, 815nrt, 30.3 x 22.4ft) |
| Engines: | I2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1876: C2cyl (26 & 49 x 30ins), 99nhp) |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd; (1876: T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 54978 |
| History: | |
| 12/06/1866 | Liverpool & American Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool |
| 1870 | Palgrave, Murphy & Co, Dublin |
| 1875 | Michael Murphy, Dublin |
| 24/01/1878 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1871: Depth increased to 22.4ft |
| 1876: Re-engined | |
| 24/01/1878: Disabled off the Skerries and taken in tow by 2 tugs toward Beaumaris | |
| Unfortunately the towrope parted and she was driven ashore on the north side of Puffin Island. Her captain and one crew drowned while attempting to get ashore |