HMS Pioneer was a Pigmy–class schooner of the Royal Navy, launched in 1810 as a cutter.

[1] Pioneer shared with Lyra and Constant in the proceeds from the capture on 14 October of Delphina.

On 21 March 1812 Pioneer chased three smuggling gallies ashore between Deal and Walmer Castle.

The Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs offered a reward of £200 for information leading to the capture and conviction of the men who had fired the shots.

[4] On 11 September HMS Bermuda captured the French privateer lugger Bon Genie, that the cutters Pioneer and Dwarf were chasing.

[5][b][c] On 30 December 1812 a French privateer captured Riga Merchant, of Sunderland, off Farleigh.

[12][d] On 1 June 1818 Pioneer, Lieutenant Rouse, captured the smuggling vessel De Wasp.

[1] Between March 1819 and June 1820, Pioneer, Lieutenant Oldroy, made several seizures of smuggled goods.