HMS ''Scout'' was a in service 1857–77.
Service
HMS ''Scout'' was a wooden screw corvette launched on 30 December 1856 at
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English Royal Navy Dockyard, naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich - originally in north-west Kent, now in southeast London - whe ...
.
She struck an uncharted rock in the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
on 12 August 1866. Repairs cost £1,087. A Court of Enquiry acquitted her commander.
In June 1874, captained by Ralph Cator, she sailed from
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
as part of a
scientific expedition to Hawaiʻi.
[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. Carrying 93 tons of supplies, she journeyed via
Valparaíso
Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
before reaching
Honolulu Harbor
Honolulu Harbor, also called ''Kulolia'' and ''Ke Awa O Kou'' and the Port of Honolulu, is the principal seaport of Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu and the Hawaii, State of Hawaii in the United States. From the harbor, the Honolulu County, Hawaii, City ...
in September of that year.
She was broken up in 1877.
References
Further reading
*Chauvin, Michael. 2004. ''Hokuloa: The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii''. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. . .
External links
1856 ships
Pearl-class corvettes
Ships built in Woolwich
Maritime incidents in August 1866
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