HMS Scout (1856)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scout.

HMS Scout was a Pearl-class corvette in service 1857–77.

HMS Scout, 1877(?)

Scout
History
United Kingdom
Name	Scout
Launched	30 December 1856
Out of service	1875
Fate	Broken up 6 March 1877
General characteristics
Class & type	Pearl-class corvette
Length	200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion	Screw
Armament	21

Service

HMS Scout was a 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 of a 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]