HMS Harrier was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class screw sloop launched in 1854.

She took part in the rescue operations when HMS Orpheus was wrecked in Manukau Harbour, New Zealand and was also grounded but was refloated.

She undertook operations during the Invasion of Waikato and the Tauranga Campaign in New Zealand.

Her captain, Commander Edward Hay, was killed on 30 April 1864 during the storming of Gate Pā,[3] and his coxswain, Samuel Mitchell, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery.

Harrier paid off at Portsmouth on 31 March 1865 and was broken up the next year.