HMS Scout was a Pearl-class corvette in service 1857-77.
Scout
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Scout |
Launched | 30 December 1856 |
Out of service | 1875 |
Fate | Broken up 6 March 1877 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pearl-class corvette |
Length | 200 feet |
Propulsion | Screw |
Armament | 21 |
HMS Scout was wooden screw corvette launched on 30 December 1856 at Woolwich Dockyard.[1] She struck an uncharted rock in the Pacific Ocean on 12 August 1866. Repairs cost £1,087. A Court of Enquiry acquitted her commander.[2]
In June 1874, captained by Ralph Cator, she sailed from Liverpool as part an scientific expedition to Hawaiʻi.[3][4] Carrying 93 tons of supplies, she journeyed via Valparaíso, Chile before reaching Honolulu Harbor in September of that year.
She was broken up in 1877.[1]