History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Scorpion |
Launched | 1813 |
Fate | Captured by the British, 6 September 1814 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Confiance |
Acquired | captured from US, 6 September 1814 |
Fate | Broken up in 1831 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Schooner |
Displacement | 86 long tons (87 t) |
Length | 62 ft (19 m) |
Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Complement | 35 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Scorpion was a schooner of the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was the second USN ship to be named for the scorpion. The British captured her on 6 September 1814 and took her into service as HMS Confiance. She was placed in Ordinary in 1817 and broken up in 1831.