| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Scorpion |
| Ordered: | 3 February 1943 |
| Builder: | J. S. White, Cowes |
| Laid down: | 16 December 1944 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1946 |
| Completed: | 17 September 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold out of service on 4 June 1971 to P. & W. MacLellan, arriving at Bo'ness on 17 June 1971 for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Weapon class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,980 tons standard |
| Length: | 365 ft (111 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Armament: | six 4 in guns, six 40mm Bofors, 10 torpedo tubes |
HMS Scorpion (D64) was a Weapon-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy.
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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