HMS Scorpion (G72)
HMS Scorpion (G72)
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Navy: |
RN |
| Type: |
Destroyer |
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Class: |
S |
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Pennant: |
G 72 |
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Built by: |
Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
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Laid down: |
16 Jun, 1941 |
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Launched: |
26 Aug, 1942 |
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Commissioned: |
11 Mar, 1943 |
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History: |
Transferred to the Royal
Netherlands Navy on 1 October 1945 being renamed Kortenaer. Scrapped in 1963. |
| HMS Scorpion (T 67) | |
| River Gunboat of the Scorpion class | |
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Navy: |
RN |
| Type: |
Riverboat |
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Class: |
Scorpion |
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Pennant: |
T 67 |
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Built by: |
J.S White & Co (Cowes UK) |
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Laid down: |
16 Nov 1937 |
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Launched: |
20 Dec, 1938 |
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Commissioned: |
10 Nov, 1938 |
| Lost | 14 Feb 1942 |
| Lost Pos. | 01:25S - 105E |
| History: | Sunk at 1845 hours on 14 February 1942 North of Banka Straits in position 01.25'S, 105.00'E by the Japanese light cruiser Yura and the Japanese destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri after being damaged by Japanese aircraft five days previously. |
