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|Ship name=HMS ''Scipio''
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|Ship ordered=[[11 November]] [[1779]]
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|Ship builder=Barnard, Deptford
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|Ship tons burthen=1387 [[Long ton|tons]] (1409.3 [[tonne]]s)
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'''HMS ''Scipio''''' was a 64-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched on [[22 October]] [[1782]] at [[Deptford]].
'''HMS ''Scipio''''' was a 64-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched on 22 October 1782 at [[Deptford]].<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p181" /> She was broken up in 1798.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p181" />


Notable people who sailed on her include [[Matthew Flinders]], [[Francis Laforey]], [[John Nicholson Inglefield]] and [[Edward Thornbrough]].
She was broken up in [[1798]].


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==Notes==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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* Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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* {{Commons category-inline|HMS Scipio (ship, 1782)}}


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Latest revision as of 18:27, 16 December 2024

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scipio.

Plan of the orlop deck of Scipio
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Scipio
Ordered11 November 1779
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downJanuary 1780
Launched22 October 1782
FateBroken up, 1798
General characteristics [1]
Class and type64-gun third-rate Crown-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1387 (bm)
Length160 ft 5 in (48.90 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 3.5 in (5.880 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Scipio was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1782 at Deptford.[1] She was broken up in 1798.[1]

Notable people who sailed on her include Matthew Flinders, Francis Laforey, John Nicholson Inglefield and Edward Thornbrough.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.

References

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  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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