- HMS Scorpion
Ten vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Scorpion" after the carnivorous arthropod:
* HMS "Scorpion" (1746), a 14-gun sloop which sank in the
irish Sea in 1762.
* HMS "Scorpion" (1785), a 16-gun sloop sold in 1802.
* HMS "Scorpion" (1794), a gunvessel purchased in 1794 and sold in 1804
* HMS "Scorpion" (1803), a "Cruizer"-class brig-sloop sold in 1819.
* HMS "Scorpion" (1832), a "Cherokee"-class brig-sloop, converted to a survey vessel in 1848 and on loan to the Thames Police from 1858. Broken up 1874.
* HMS "Scorpion" (1863), one of a pair of turret ships constructed for the Confederate States of America, under the cover story that they were intended for Egypt, but seized by the British Government before launch. Sunk whilst being towed to the USA in 1903, where she was to be scrapped. [cite web | url =http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-s/scorpn7.htm | work = Navy Historical Center (United States Navy) | title = HMS Scorpion| accessdate = 2008-08-19]
* HMS "Scorpion" (1910), a "Beagle"-class destroyer which took part in the World War 1Dardanelles Campaign , and sold for scrapping in 1921.
* HMS "Scorpion" (1937), a river gunboat sunk by Japanese destroyers in Banka Strait in 1942.
* HMS "Scorpion" (1942), an "S" class destroyer built byCammell Laird , and sold to the Netherlands in 1945.
* HMS "Scorpion" (D64), a Weapon-class destroyer launched in 1946 and scrapped in 1971.References
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