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
NameHMS Scorpion
Ordered3 February 1943
BuilderJ. S. White, Cowes
Laid down16 December 1944
Launched15 August 1946
Completed17 September 1947
DecommissionedApril 1963
IdentificationPennant number D64
FateSold 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 typeWeapon-class destroyer
Displacement1,980 tons standard
Length365 ft (111 m)
Beam38 ft (12 m)
Armament

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.