HMS Scorpion (1746)
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Scorpion |
| Ordered: | 5 April 1745 |
| Builder: | James Wyatt and John Major, Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down: | April 1745 |
| Launched: | 8 July 1746 |
| Completed: | 6 September 1746 at Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | June 1746 |
| Fate: | Foundered in the Irish Sea on 23 September 1762 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Merlin-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 276 31⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 0 in (3.7 m) |
| Sail plan: | Snow brig |
| Armament: | 10 × 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.
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