HMS "Scorpion" (D64) was a Weapon-class
Originally named HMS "Centaur", the ship was renamed "Tomahawk" and finally "Scorpion" (in September 1943) before her launch.
"Scorpion" was the only Weapon-class ship fitted with the Limbo depth charge mortar rather than the older Squid.
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