HMS Scout

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Scout, 1801
Type: Ship sloop ; Armament 18
Taken : 5 Mar 1801 ;
Disposal date or year : 1802
Disposal Details : Foundered, exact date unknown, off coast of Newfoundland : crews perished.
Notes:

16 Oct 1801 went out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead.

20 Oct 1801 departed Spithead the Scout, for Newfoundland with dispatches relative to the peace between this country and France.

4 Jan 1802 the Hampshire Telegraph of this date was unable to report the arrival of the Scout at Newfoundland.