HMS Scorpion (1746)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scorpion.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Scorpion
Ordered5 April 1745
BuilderJames Wyatt and John Major, Bucklers Hard
Laid downApril 1745
Launched8 July 1746
Completed6 September 1746 at Portsmouth Dockyard
CommissionedJune 1746
FateFoundered in the Irish Sea on 23 September 1762
General characteristics
Class and typeMerlin-class sloop
Tons burthen276 31⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 91 ft 2 in (27.8 m) (gundeck)
  • 74 ft 11 in (22.8 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 4 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail planSnow brig
Armament10 × 6-pounder guns initially, increased to 14 × 6-pounder guns from 1748

HMS Scorpion was a 14-gun two-masted Merlin-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Wyatt and Major at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England and launched on 8 July 1746.

She foundered in the Irish Sea in September 1762.

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.
  • McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
  • Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.