HMS Scott

HMS Scott

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Scott". The first ship was named after Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet. The later ships were named after the Arctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott [David A Thomas, "A companion to the Royal Navy", 1988, ISBM: 0-245-54572-7] :

*HMS "Scott" was an Admiralty type destroyer leader. She was launched in 1917 and sunk in 1918 by a German submarine.
*HMS "Scott" was a survey ship launched in 1938. She was used as an escort vessel between 1939 and 1940 and was broken up in 1965.
*HMS "Scott" is an ocean survey ship launched in 1996 and currently in service.

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