HMS Scorpion (1803)

Scorpion
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scorpion
Ordered	27 November 1802
Builder	John King, Dover
Laid down	January 1803
Launched	17 October 1803
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal clasps "Scorpion 31 March 1804" "Scorpion 12 Jany. 1810" "Guadaloupe"
Fate	Sold 3 February 1819
General characteristics
Type	Cruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	383 86⁄94 bm
Length	99 ft 11+1⁄2 in (30.5 m) (gundeck) 77 ft 2 in (23.5 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 7 in (9.3 m)
Draught	6 ft 0 in (1.8 m) (unladen) 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (laden)
Depth of hold	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Scorpion was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John King at Dover and launched in 1803.^[1] She was the first of the class to be built since the launching of Cruizer in 1797. Scorpion had a long and active career during the Napoleonic Wars, earning her crews three clasps to the Naval General Service Medal when the Admiralty authorized it in 1847, two for single-ship actions. She also took a number of prizes. Scorpion was sold in 1819.