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	HMS Scorpion. Who is HMS Scorpion? What is HMS Scorpion? Where is HMS Scorpion? Definition of HMS Scorpion. Meaning of ...
		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.
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	HMS Wivern: Dictionary definition
		HMS Wivern, 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.
		She remained in Hong Kong until sold for scrap in 1922, having been reduced to harbor duties from 1904.
		One of Wivern's commanding officers was Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, VC who was later appointed the commanding officer of HMS Captain.
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		The first military submarine was the Turtle, a hand-powered spherical contraption designed by American David Bushnell that accommodated a single man. During the American Revolutionary War, the Turtle attempted and failed to sink a British warship, the HMS Eagle in New York harbor on September 7, 1776.
		In 1863 the CSS Hunley sank the USS Housatonic in the Charleston Harbor, the first time a submarine successfully sank another ship.
		The sinking of the antiquated ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror was the first sinking by a nuclear-powered submarine in wartime.
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		HMS Saintes (D84) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN).
		She was named after the Battle of the Saintes, a Royal Navy victory over a French fleet intending to invade Jamaica in 1782.
		In 1947, during live-fire exercises, Saintes accidentally hit, and sank the Brigand-class tug HMS Buccaneer, while it was towing the actual target.
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		scorpion scorpion, any arachnid of the order Scorpionida with a hollow poisonous stinger at the tip of the tail.
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		Scorpion, The Scorpion, The, English name for Scorpius, a constellation.
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	HMS Scorpion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
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	Submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1863 the CSSHunley sank the USS Housatonic in the CharlestonHarbor, the first time a submarine successfully sank another ship.
		The sinkingof the antiquated ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror was the first sinking by a nuclear-poweredsubmarine in wartime.
		In 2000, a Russian Oscar II -class submarine (which is the world's largest cruise-missile submarine), the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of hydrogen peroxide in a torpedo made it blow inside.
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	HMS Wivern - Question.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wivern was distinguished from her sister HMS Scorpion by the struts on...
		HMS Wivern was a 2750-ton ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, England, one of two sisters secretly...
		To HMS Leviathan, HMS Carnarvon and HMS Roxborough in 1917...
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		Commissioned in March 1863, Choctaw was a singular-looking vessel, probably the most imposing in appearance of any of her Mississippi Squadron contemporaries.
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		The battle was relatively bloodless since the rebels had discovered their powder was bad and had been forced to flee, but the action had still broken whatever grip the Confederates had on the region.
		In early 1863, Bulloch was close to despair over the delivery of the Laird rams, but after communications with Confederate Navy Secretary Mallory Bulloch came up with a subterfuge.
		It was what Dahlgren had expected, and on the night of 8 September 1863, he sent in a force of 500 volunteer sailors and marines in small boats, under the leadership of Commander Thomas Stevens.
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	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.
		Intended to become CSS Mississippi and CSS North Carolina, they were seized by the British government in 1863, purchased in 1864 and completed in October 1865 as HMS Wivern and HMS Scorpion.
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	HMS Wivern, 1865-1922 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Wivern was a 2750-ton turret ship with two turrets.
		Originally she was to be the CSS Mississippi, but the the British government seize the ship in 1863 along with her sister ship.
		Her sister ship was commision as the HMS Scorpion (Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph)
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	The Rams
		But, by the time he wrote to Mallory on 23rd January 1863, he was disturbed by the fact that rumours of the ironclads were being widely distributed, both in the Confederacy and in England, and he feared the British Government was about to change the rules respecting "his" rams.
		Bulloch received a despatch from Mallory on 9th March 1863, suggesting that France might be more tolerant, and even help to rescue the rams, with a possibility of building other vessels in France.
		In early September of 1863, Adams wrote an almost warlike letter to Lord Russell, and, on September 8th, Russell issued instructions for the seizure of the "Laird Rams." Lord Russell`s private papers indicate that he took this decision some time earlier.
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		It was lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras on April 1, 1863 while uncrewed and under tow to its first combat deployment at Charleston.
		The Confederate States of America fielded several human-powered submarines including the CSS Hunley.
		In 2000, a Russian Oscar II-class submarine (which is the world's largest cruise-missile submarine), the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of hydrogen peroxide in the forward torpedo room caused a spontaneous detonation of the warhead.
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		Antioch College, 1860, and the theological school of St. Lawrence Univ., 1863.
		She was one of the first women in America to be ordained (1863) to the ministry.
		In 1863, he began producing a series of stories noted for their reflections of Irish life and supernatural, mysterious atmosphere.
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		HMS Royalist - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Royalist.
		Here you will find more informations about HMS Royalist.
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		HMS Sultan, 1896, after her re-floating and modernisation.
		SUNK IN COLLISION WITH HMS CAMPERDOWN 22ND JUNE 1893.
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		In March 1863, Slidell, Bulloch and Arman met at the Arman shipyard at Bordeaux.
		Bulloch tried every way he knew to have the ownership of the vessels transferred to a French company like Arman The British Government however, got wind that the ships were meant for the confederate Navy and seized both of them.
		Eventually both of them were incorporated into the British Navy as HMS Wyvern and HMS Scorpion.
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		In early 1864, both were purchased for the Royal Navy, receiving the new names Scorpion and HMS Wivern (1863) Wivern.html" title="Meaning of Wivern">Wivern.
		''See also:'' USS Scorpion Scorpion.html" title="Meaning of USS Scorpion">USS Scorpion and CSS Scorpion Scorpion.html" title="Meaning of CSS Scorpion">CSS Scorpion.
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		The first one to be ready in March 1863, the other in May, at a cost of £93,750 for each vessel.
		The rams were eventually sold to the British Government, and they were delighted to get vessels of such advanced design for the Royal Navy.
		The rams thus became HMS Scorpion, and HMS Wyvern.
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		CSS North Carolina, "Laird ram." Seized prior to completion by UK 9 Oct 1863; entered service with Royal Navy as HMS Scorpion.
		Struck a mine and sank in Yazoo River 13 Jul 1863 (0 killed).
		Sank off Charleston 8 Apr 1863 after being struck over 90 times the previous day (0 killed).
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		The British government saw through this deception and seized the ship in 1863.
		The former CSN ironclad was taken into the Royal Navy, commissioning in 1865.
		Wivern was distinguished from her sister HMS Scorpion by the struts on her masts, which made her the first warship with tripod masts.
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	Encyclopedia: HMS Scorpion
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		Ten vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion, after the scorpion.
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