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SCORPION river gunboat (1, 1938)


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Scorpion 1939

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Scorpion   1825 White, Cowes   20.12.1937 11.1938 sunk 13.2.1942


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

700

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

63.6

Breadth, m

10.6

Draught, m

1.83 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

4500

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

oil 136

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 1 - 87/13 mountain howitzer Mk I, 2 х 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 8 x 1 - 7.7/94

Complement

93



Standard scale images


<i>Scorpion</i> 1939
Scorpion 1939


Graphics


<i>Scorpion</i> 1939
Scorpion 1939


Project history

Gunboat was designed for service in mouth of Yangtze, at the expense of a high freeboard and deep draught (for river gunboats standards) she had seaworthiness, sufficient for actions in coastal waters. The anti-submarine armament provided by the design became unique feature of Scorpion. (20 DC were projected but never carried)

Modernizations

None

Naval service

Scorpion 13.2.1942 was sunk by Japanese destroyers.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.