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Comment left on article by IP 136.8.152.12: In 1764 Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson wrote a letter to Captain Hanwell saying "Lord Hood desires that you will move the Scout directly, and anchor her as near the tower which the Corsicans took last night as possible." There must therefore have been a Royal Nave ship named the "Scout" in 1764, making at least 13, not 12 (as stated above). G~~ain~~Line ♠ _♥ 13:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The ip has got the date drastically wrong. Nelson was 6 in 1764. If he was writing on behalf of Hood in the Mediterranean about operations off Corsica, this was almost certainly during the early years of the French Revolutionary War. The Scout in service during this period was the 1780 ship, commanded from December 1792 until July 1794 by one Commander Joseph Hanwell. He operated her in the Mediterranean from October 1793, where she remained until her capture by the French in 1794. Benea (talk) 14:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]