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	HMS Scorpion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Scorpion, a 2750-ton ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, was one of two sisters secretly ordered from the Laird shipyard by the Confederate States of America government in 1862.
		Commissioned in July 1865, Scorpion was assigned to the Channel Fleet until 1869, with time out for a refit that reduced her sailing rig from a bark to a schooner.
		The former HMS Scorpion was lost at sea while under tow to the United States, where she was to be scrapped.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_scorpion (315 words)

	USS Scorpion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Scorpion was subsequently taken into the British Navy as the four-gun schooner Conflance, which along with Tigress, according to local legend, was later sunk in Georgian Bay[?], Lake Huron, off Penetanguishene, Ontario[?].
		The fifth USS Scorpion (SS 278) was a Gato-class submarine.
		On the morning of 5 January, Scorpion reported that one of her crew had sustained a fracture of the upper arm and requested a rendezvous with USS Herring[?] (SS-233) which was returning from patrol and was near her.
	www.city-search.org /us/uss-scorpion.html (2693 words)

	Submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Kosovo War, HMS Splendid became the first RN submarine to fire a Tomahawk in anger.
		The first military submarine was Turtle, a hand-powered egg-shaped device designed by the American David Bushnell, to accommodate a single man. It was the first verified submarine, capable of independent underwater operation and movement, and the first to use screws for propulsion.
		The sinking of the antiquated cruiser ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror was the first sinking by a nuclear-powered submarine in wartime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Submarine (6401 words)

	H.M.S. Falcon - Royal Navy Gunboats in China and the Far East
		HMS Robin became famous with the local population for chasing pirates and a legend arose that she had sailed overland from the Yangtze in pursuit of the same (Robin never saw service on the Yangtze).
		HMS Widgeon was part of the flotilla that attempted to retake the merchant vessels Wanhsien and Wanliu from the Chinese army on September 5, 1926 (this occurred at Wanhsien - the same name as one of the vessels).
		HMS Gannet was functioning in the area of Hong Kong as of February 1940, but was damaged by Japanese aircraft and moved to Chungking for repairs (she remained there).
	www.hmsfalcon.com (6453 words)

	HMS Scorpion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Scorpion, a 2750-ton ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, was one of two sisters secretlyordered from the Laird shipyard by the Confederate States of America government in 1862.
		She was sunk as atarget in 1901 but raised the next year and sold in February 1903.
		The former HMS Scorpion was lost at sea while under tow to the United States, where she was to bescrapped.
	www.therfcc.org /hms-scorpion-191417.html (249 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		During January 1757, he briefly joined HMS Experiment while her Captain was ill. In March, he commanded the ship in a severe but indecisive engagement with a French privateer off Cape Gata.
		Jervis was appointed to HMS Foudroyant in May 1758, a captured French prize, and he was charged with taking her back to England.
		HMS Foudroyant remained with the Channel Fleet and was involved in the reliefs at Gibraltar in 1780 and 1781.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_john_jervis.htm (2146 words)

	lista incidenti ad unita' navali nucleari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Atlantic 04/15/47: The Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson is damaged in a collision with the diesel submarine HMS Sceptre in Portland harbor,U.K. Atlantic 05/27/47: The USS Johnston (DD-821) and the USS Torsk (SS-423) aredamaged in a collision off New London, Connecticut.
		Atlantic 09/29/56: The Royal Navy minesweepers HMS Broadly, HMS Etchingham,and HMS Bisham are extensively damaged by fire at Portsmouth harbor, U.K. Atlantic 10/06/56: The Royal Navy frigate HMS Keppel collides with a Torpoint ferry, near Plymouth, U.K. 10/06/56: The Royal Navy frigate HMS Orwell is involved in a collision.
		Atlantic 04/12/61: The Royal Navy diesel submarine HMS Finwhale arrives in theFirth of Clyde, Scotland, with a six-by-two-foot hole in her casing caused by heavy seas in a gale as she sailed to the Arcticfor underwater tests.
	www.peacelink.it /webgate/armamenti/msg00252.html (21599 words)

	HMS Scorpion -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Scorpion (1746), a 14-gun (A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow) sloop
		HMS Scorpion (1785), a 16-gun (A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow) sloop
		HMS Scorpion (1937), a (A small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols) gunboat
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Scorpion2.htm (214 words)

	S+T Class Destroyers
		HMS Volage also hit a mine in the incident, but was less damaged, and towed HMS Saumarez clear.
		HMS Tumult was built by John Brown at Clydebank and launched on 9th November 1942.
		Alfred Fry was a stoker on HMS Savage from her commissioning in September 1942 until his discharge after the war, he wrote an account of the Scharnhorst conflict.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /s+t_class.htm (1218 words)

	Civil War Warship Innovation
		HMS Warrior, a 9137-ton ironclad frigate, was built at Blackwall, England, and launched on 29 December 1860.
		HMS Warrior's “ultimate technology of 1860” was represented by iron hull and soft armor, broadside batteries of short-range guns, and dual propulsion of sail and box boilers to achieve a speed of fourteen knots.
		HMS Wivern was sold for scrapping in June 1922.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/civil-war1.htm (4230 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		In 1911 he was given command of the destroyer HMS Scorpion and served in her throughout WWI.
		In 1914, HMS Scorpion was involved in the shadowing of the German battlecruisers Goeben and Breslau.
		He served on HMS Seafire during the post war campaign in the Baltic in support of the White Russians under Admiral Cowan and he was awarded a second bar to his DSO along with promotion to Captain in 1920.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_andrew_cunningham.htm (1115 words)

	Foreign and Domestic River Gunboats in China
		Note that a second HMS Robin was built in 1934.
		HMS Kinsha was significantly more hospitable than the Woodcock or Woodlark, hence the reason a purchased vessel was made the British flagship despite the fact Royal Navy vessels were already functioning in the same area.
		HMS Kinsha, with a seven foot draft, made it to Chungking shortly thereafter and I have doubts that she ever went to Chungking unless the Yangtze was at high water.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /foreign/foreign.htm (3675 words)

	USS Scorpion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Scorpion (1812), a block sloop that was part of Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay flotilla in the War of 1812
		USS Scorpion (1813), a schooner serving on the upper Great Lakes in the War of 1812
		USS Scorpion (SS-278), a Gato-class submarine, lost during World War II Scorpion (SSN-589), a Skipjack-class submarine, lost in a Cold War accident
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Scorpion (159 words)

	Hms Scorpion (1863) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		El HMS Scorpion, una nave acorazada de la torrecilla 2750-ton construida en Birkenhead, Inglaterra, era una de dos hermanas pedidas secretamente del astillero de Laird por los estados confederados del gobierno de América en 1862.
		Comisión en julio de 1865, Scorpion fue asignado a la flota del canal hasta 1869, con hora hacia fuera para una reinstalación que redujo su aparejo navegante de una corteza a un schooner.
		Scorpion permanecía allí por más de tres décadas antes de ser quitado de la lista eficaz.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/hm/Hms%20Scorpion%20%281863%29.htm (306 words)

	Tigress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On 2 October, a small naval flotilla-Tigress, Scorpion, and Porcupine-under the comman d of Lt. Jesse D. Elliott-ascended the Thames River to support an overland expedition under General William Henry Harrison.
		She and Scorpion drew the task of standing watch on the entrance to the Nautawasaga River, the sole outlet to the lake for the town of Machilimackinaw.
		Tigress became HMS Surprise-an appropriate name in view of the nature of her capture-and Scorpion became HMS Conflance.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/sail/tigress.htm (497 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Calling Old Shipmates - S to U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS St Angelo: The Lascaris Malta 68-69 Contacts and Reunion group is keen to hear from Chad Ellis, Malcolm ‘Ginge’ Pearce, ‘Jan’ Vance, ‘Tug’ Wilson (owner of DOG, the dog), Lou Rowson, Jock Waugh, Graham ‘Joe’ Mercer, Martin Goldsmith and the many others in Malta between 1967-71.
		HMS St Barb: Information sought as to the present whereabouts of Ordinary Seaman Clements last heard of in St. Oswald Place, Vauxhall, Ordinary Seaman Gibbs, last heard of in Garfield Road Battersea and Ordinary Seaman Bostock from the Mansfield area.Their former CO would like to hear from them.
		HMS Trenchant SSN17: Darrell (Paddy) Francis is seeking anyone who was in the build crew from August 1986 until his very dramatic exit in August 1990 in Gibraltar.
	www.navynews.co.uk /cos/cosstou.asp (2065 words)

	HMS Scorpion on the Yangtze
		A very rare photograph of HMS Scorpion at Shanghai on May 19, 1939.
		I must comment on the difference in appearance of HMS Scorpion in the two photographs seen above.
		HMS Scorpion was never able to proceed very far up the Yangtze due to these booms.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /scorpion/scorpion.htm (212 words)

	Scorpion (disambiguation) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Scorpion, several ships of the Royal Navy
		Scorpions (Iraq), a paramilitary organization of Iraqi exiles funded by the CIA
		Scorpions, a militia involved in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
	popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/Scorpion_(disambiguation) (351 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Scorpion (1865-1903)
		HMS Scorpion, a 2750-ton ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, was one of two sisters secretely ordered from the Laird shipyard by the Confederate government in 1862.
		Nominally under construction for Egypt, her true ownership became known and she was seized by the British government in 1863, purchased for the Royal Navy in 1864 and completed in October 1865 as HMS Scorpion.
		Nineteenth Century line engraving depicting the outboard profile and rig of the two turret ironclads laid down in 1862 by Laird Brothers for the Confederate States.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-s/scorpn7.htm (477 words)

	Sea Rescue page. Aircraft information Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Bulldog, the destroyer which in 1941 salvaged a German Enigma machine from a stranded German U-boat U-110.
		Crew of walrus L2299, 700 sqdn 11.1.1941, HMS Gloucester, walrus, returned ship to find it under attack by Ju87, ordered to ditch alongside HMS Diamiond and after the crew were rescued it sank the aircraft by gunfire.
		Quigg, JA Lt 813 wildcat sqdn from HMS Campania.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/AirSeaRescue/FAASeaRescue.html (5925 words)

	Submarine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The expected replacement of those classes is the (Click link for more info and facts about Astute-class) Astute-class submarine, but delays have seen the expected launch of the first A class, (Click link for more info and facts about HMS Astute) HMS Astute, moved to 2009.
		Today the role of these Attack boats has changed considerably since the end of the (A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare) Cold War.
		The sinking of the antiquated cruiser (Click link for more info and facts about ARA General Belgrano) ARA General Belgrano by (Click link for more info and facts about HMS Conqueror) HMS Conqueror was the first sinking by a nuclear-powered submarine in wartime.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/submarine.htm (5770 words)

	Broadsword Association - Weapon (Battleaxe) Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The end of the war, together with design modifications to make them fast anti-submarine ships, resulted in the cancellation of all but four.
		BATTLEAXE and SCORPION completed one such commission in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets (deployed to the latter station April 1955-March 1956).
		HMS Scorpion entering Portsmouth 1950/51 (courtesy Ramon Little)
	www.hmsbroadsword.co.uk /broadsword/weapon_class.htm (256 words)

	"Troubridge's DD's" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		AS I previously posted, the BEAGLE and BULLDOG were the two vessels with HMS DUBLIN during the GOEBEN chase.
		He says the that the ships with Troubridge were the 2 divisions (the half flotilla) which included the leader, HMS WOLVERINE; and his vessel, HMS SCORPION.
		His SCORPION and 2 others were the last boats left with Troubridge (SCORPION had the most coal left, but only 55 tons).
	www.gwpda.org /naval/j0100000.htm (673 words)

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	Hms Scorpion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Diez recipientes de la marina real británica se han nombrado HMS Scorpion, después del scorpion.
		Hms Scorpion (1863), una nave de la torrecilla
		English version: HMS Scorpion Next: Instituto Republicano Internacional Up
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/hm/Hms%20Scorpion.htm (51 words)

	ipedia.com: USS Scorpion Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Six vessels of the United States Navy -- four ships and two submarines -- have borne the name USS Scorpion, named for scorpions, an order of arachnids having an elongated body and a narrow segmented t...
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
		If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
	www.ipedia.com /uss_scorpion.html (267 words)

	"Arrowsmith" List of Pendant Numbers - part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		D 06 [HMS Nubian ex-(H70), bow wrecked:27/10/16 by torpedo from Ger.
		D 90 [HMS Scorpion BE/cl, B:FA, L:19/02/10, (D90:22/02/15).
		H 88 [HMS Minstrel ex-(H69), rtn to RN:1919, rnd:HMS Minstrel, see-(H72:early 1919)]
	www.gwpda.org /naval/s0430000.htm (1100 words)

	regiment1775
		Rebellion Road, Charlestown Harbor — HMS Tamar fired on a boat that was leaving Fort Johnson.
		Ninety-Six (Savage’s Old Field)— Patriot forces that had been assembling at the backcountry court house in the town of Ninety-Six were informed that an overwhelming force of loyalists were closing in on their position and hastily constructed a makeshift stockade for their defense.
		The ensuing battle lasted for three day’s with the ending result being that the two sides signed a truce with the loyalists leaving the area.
	www.2ndsc.org /regiment1775.html (7900 words)

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