HMS Scipion

HMS Scipion

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Scipion", after the French term for the Roman general Scipio Africanus:

*HMS "Scipion" a 74-gun third rate, previously the French "Téméraire" class ship of the line "Scipion". She was handed over to the British in 1793, and was burnt by accident later that year.
*HMS "Scipion" was a 74-gun third rate, previously another French ship named "Scipion". She was captured in 1805 and broken up in 1819.

ee also

*Ships named HMS "Scipio"


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