HMS Scorpion (1746)

HMS Scorpion was a 14-gun two-masted Merlin-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Wyatt and Major at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England and launched on 8 July 1746.

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Scorpion
Ordered:	5 April 1745
Builder:	James Wyatt and John Major, Bucklers Hard
Laid down:	April 1745
Launched:	8 July 1746
Completed:	6 September 1746 at Portsmouth Dockyard
Commissioned:	June 1746
Fate:	Foundered in the Irish Sea on 23 September 1762
General characteristics
Class and type:	Merlin-class sloop
Tons burthen:	276 ​^31⁄94 (bm)
Length:	91 ft 2 in (27.8 m) (gundeck) 74 ft 11 in (22.8 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 4 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan:	Snow brig
Armament:	10 × 6-pounder guns initially, increased to 14 × 6-pounder guns from 1748

She foundered in the Irish Sea in September 1762.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• McLaughlan, Ian. The Sloop of War 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-187-8.
• Rif Winfield (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.