HMS Scorpion (D64)

	HMS Scorpion lifts her nose out of the water while operating in heavy Northern waters during Exercise Mariner, September 1953 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scorpion
Ordered	3 February 1943
Builder	J. S. White, Cowes
Laid down	16 December 1944
Launched	15 August 1946
Completed	17 September 1947
Decommissioned	April 1963
Identification	Pennant number D64
Fate	Sold out of service on 4 June 1971 to P. & W. MacLellan, arriving at Bo'ness on 17 June 1971 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	Weapon-class destroyer
Displacement	1,980 tons standard
Length	365 ft (111 m)
Beam	38 ft (12 m)
Armament	6 x 4-inch (102 mm) DP guns on twin Mk XIX mounts ; 6 x 40 mm AA Bofors guns; 2 x Squid ASW Mortars; 10 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (removed after 1957);

HMS Scorpion was a Weapon-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy in service from 1947 and scrapped in 1971. Originally named Centaur, the ship was renamed Tomahawk and finally Scorpion (in September 1943) before her launch.

History
HMS Scorpion lifts her nose out of the water while operating in heavy Northern waters during Exercise Mariner, September 1953 (IWM)
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scorpion
Ordered	3 February 1943
Builder	J. S. White, Cowes
Laid down	16 December 1944
Launched	15 August 1946
Completed	17 September 1947
Decommissioned	April 1963
Identification	Pennant number D64
Fate	Sold out of service on 4 June 1971 to P. & W. MacLellan, arriving at Bo'ness on 17 June 1971 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	Weapon-class destroyer
Displacement	1,980 tons standard
Length	365 ft (111 m)
Beam	38 ft (12 m)
Armament	6 x 4-inch (102 mm) DP guns on twin Mk XIX mounts 6 x 40 mm AA Bofors guns 2 x Squid ASW Mortars 10 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (removed after 1957)