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HMS ''Scout'' was wooden screw corvette launched on 30 December 1856 at Woolwich Dockyard. She struck an uncharted rock in the Pacific Ocean on 12 August 1866. Repairs cost £1,087. A Court of Enquiry acquitted her commander. She was broken up in 1877.References
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1856 ships Pearl-class corvettes Ships built in Woolwich Maritime incidents in August 1866 {{UK-mil-ship-stub