HMS Scout

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:


 * HMS Scout (1577) was a 10-gun bark launched in 1577 and condemned in 1603.
 * HMS Scout (1648) was a 6-gun sloop launched in 1648 and captured in 1649 by the Royalists.
 * HMS Scout (1694) was a 6-gun advice boat launched in 1694 and sold in 1703.
 * HMS Scout (1780) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1780 after having been purchased on the stocks. The French frigates Alceste and Vestale captured her on 4 August 1794 off Cape Bon (or Bona) and she was later wrecked.
 * HMS Scout was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French corvette Vénus, captured on 22 October 1800 and wrecked on 25 March 1801 off the Isle of Wight with no loss of life.
 * HMS Scout (1800) was a sloop, previously the French 14-gun privateer Premier Consul. HMS Dryad (1795) captured her on 5 March 1801; she foundered in 1801 or 1802 off Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.
 * HMS Scout (1804) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1827.
 * HMS Scout (1832) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1832 and broken up in 1852.
 * HMS Scout (1856) was a wooden screw corvette launched in 1856 and broken up in 1877.
 * HMS Scout (1861) was a coastguard cutter built in 1861 and sold in 1870.
 * HMS Scout (1885) was a torpedo cruiser launched in 1885 and sold in 1904.
 * HMS Scout (H51) was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and broken up in 1946.