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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

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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.