HMS Scipio
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Scipio after the Roman general Scipio Africanus
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Scipio after the Roman general Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , also known as Scipio Africanus and Scipio the Elder, was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic...
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- HMS Scipio was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746.
- HMS ScipioHMS Scipio (1782)HMS Scipio was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1782 at Deptford. She was broken up in 1798....
was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782 and broken up in 1798. - HMS Scipio was the intended name for a 74-gun third rate, but she was renamed HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (1807)HMS Bulwark was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1807 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Sir William Rule as one of the large class 74s, and was the only ship built to her draught. As a large 74, she carried 24 pdrs on her upper gun deck instead of the 18...
in 1806 before being launched in 1807. - HMS Scipio was an 18-gun sloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
, formerly the Dutch sloop Psyche. She was captured in 1807 and entered the Navy as HMS Scipio. She was renamed HMS Samarang in 1808 and was sold in 1814.
See also
- Two ships named HMS ScipionHMS ScipionTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scipion, after the French term for the Roman general Scipio Africanus:*HMS Scipion a 74-gun third rate, previously the French Téméraire class ship of the line Scipion...