HMS Scipio

HMS Scipio

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Scipio" after the Roman general Scipio Africanus:

*HMS "Scipio" was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746.
*HMS "Scipio" was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782 and broken up in 1798.
*HMS "Scipio" was the intended name for a 74-gun third rate, but she was renamed HMS "Bulwark" in 1806 before being launched in 1807.
*HMS "Scipio" was an 18-gun sloop, formerly the Dutch sloop "Psyche". She was captured in 1807 and entered the Navy as HMS "Scipio". She was renamed HMS "Samarang" in 1808 and was sold in 1814.

ee also

*Two ships named HMS "Scipion"


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