| Name: | PIONEER |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/02/1854 |
| Completed: | 04/1854 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 11 |
| Dimensions: | 513grt, 392nrt, 169.5 x 24.2 x 15.6ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 70hp |
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 609 |
| History: | |
| 29/04/1854 | General Steam Navigation Co, London |
| 1879 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the London to Hamburg service |
| Accommodation for 63 x passengers | |
| 1879: Broken up |

Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 18/02/1854