HMS Scott
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Three ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Scott. The first ship was named after Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet
. The later ships were named after the Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott
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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 Scott. The first ship was named after Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
. The later ships were named after the Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
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- HMS ScottHMS Scott (1917)HMS Scott was the first of a new destroyer leader class built to be flotilla leaders for the V- and W-class destroyers. She was ordered during the First World War in 1916, and the class would unofficially be named after her...
was an Admiralty type destroyer leader. She was launched in 1917 and sunk in 1918 by a German submarine. - HMS Scott was a survey ship launched in 1938. She was used as an escort vessel between 1939 and 1940 and was broken up in 1965.
- HMS ScottHMS Scott (H131)HMS Scott is an ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy, and the only vessel of her class. She is the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, and the second to be named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott. She was ordered to replace the survey ship HMS Hecla.-Construction:She was...
is an ocean survey ship launched in 1996 and currently in service.