HMS Scorpion (G72)
HMS Scorpion was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, the eleventh of her name, commissioned on 11 May 1943. Initially she was to be named Sentinel, but this was changed following the loss of the Dragonfly-class river gunboat Scorpion in the Bangka Strait in February 1942. She served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, mostly in the Arctic Ocean, and fought in the Battle of North Cape. She was sold to the Netherlands in 1945 and scrapped in 1963.
Wikipage disambiguates
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
HMS Scorpion (G72)
HMS Scorpion was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, the eleventh of her name, commissioned on 11 May 1943. Initially she was to be named Sentinel, but this was changed following the loss of the Dragonfly-class river gunboat Scorpion in the Bangka Strait in February 1942. She served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, mostly in the Arctic Ocean, and fought in the Battle of North Cape. She was sold to the Netherlands in 1945 and scrapped in 1963.
length (mm)
has abstract
HMS Scorpion was an S-class de ...... in 1945 and scrapped in 1963.
@en
builder
commissioning date
1943-05-11
decommissioning date
1945-08-16
laying down
1941-06-19
length (μ)
1.106424e+2
motto
Finem espice - Look to the end
order date
1941-01-09
ship beam (μ)
ship launched
1942-08-26
status
Sold to the Dutch in October 1945
scrapped 1963
top speed (kmh)
Wikipage page ID
43,614,524
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,002,076,930
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Hide header
title
@en
Ship acquired
October 1945
@en
Ship armament
*4 × 4.7-inch (120-mm) QF Mk I ...... craft guns
*8 × torpedo tubes
@en
Ship badge
On a Field barry wavy of six white and blue, a scorpion gold.
@en
Ship builder
Ship class
Ship commissioned
1943-05-11
Ship complement
Ship country
Netherlands
@en
United Kingdom
@en
Ship decommissioned
1945-08-16
Ship displacement
Ship fate
Sold to the Dutch in October 1945
@en
scrapped 1963
@en
Ship honours
* Arctic 1943-44
* North Cape 1943
* Normandy 1944
@en
Ship identification
D804 and later F812
@en
Pennant number: G72
@en
Ship laid down
1941-06-19
Ship launched
1942-08-26
Ship motto
Finem espice - Look to the end
@en
Ship name
HMS Scorpion
@en
HNLMS Kortenaar
@en
Ship ordered
1941-01-09
Ship propulsion
*Two sets of Parsons geared turbines
*
@en
Ship reclassified
Frigate, 1957
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
hypernym
comment
HMS Scorpion was an S-class de ...... in 1945 and scrapped in 1963.
@en
label
HMS Scorpion (G72)
@en
sameAs
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
HMS Scorpion
@en
HNLMS Kortenaar
@en