HMS Scorpion
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:
- HMS Scorpion was a 14-gun Merlin-class sloop launched in 1746. She sank in the Irish Sea in 1762.
- HMS Scorpion was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1785 and sold in 1802.
- HMS Scorpion was a gunvessel purchased in 1794 and sold in 1804
- HMS Scorpion was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1803 and sold in 1819.
- HMS Scorpion was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1832, converted to a survey vessel in 1848 and on loan to the Thames Police from 1858. She was broken up in 1874.
- HMS Scorpion was a turret ship constructed for the Confederate States of America, under the cover story that they were intended for Egypt, but seized by the British Government before being launched in 1863. She sank in 1903 while being towed for scrapping.
- HMS Scorpion was a Beagle-class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold for scrapping in 1921.
- HMS Scorpion was a river gunboat launched in 1937 and sunk by Japanese destroyers in Banka Strait in 1942.
- HMS Scorpion was an S-class destroyer launched in 1942 and sold to the Netherlands in 1945.
- HMS Scorpion was a Weapon-class destroyer launched in 1946 and scrapped in 1971.
British privateer
- Scorpion, a ship of 343 tons burthen (bm), Dagg master, received a letter of marque on 23 May 1803. She was armed with twenty 6-pounder guns, but carried a crew of only 25 men.[1] In January 1804 she captured two French whalers, the Cyrus and the Ganges, and took them into St Helena.[2]
Fictional vessel
- HMS Scorpion, a fictional submarine featured in the British 2006 TV film Ghostboat
HMS "Scorpion" is a fictional ship mentioned in the introduction of HG Wells book : The Island Of Doctor Moreau.
Citations and references
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.