HMS Scout (1856)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 ft (61 m) |
| Propulsion | Screw |
| Armament | 21 |
HMS Scout was a Pearl-class corvette in service 1857-77.
Service
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Scout". pdavis.nl. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
- ^ Chauvin 2004, 42-49.
- ^ Airy, George Biddell, ed. 1881. Account of Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1874, December 8, Made under the Authority of the British Government: And of the Reduction of the Observations. N.p.: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Further reading
[edit]- Chauvin, Michael. 2004. Hokuloa: The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 1-581-78023-0. OCLC 52895592.
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