HMS Scipio

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Four ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scipio after the Roman general Scipio Africanus:

  • {{HMS|Scipio|1739}} was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746.
  • {{HMS|Scipio|1782}} was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782 and broken up in 1798.
  • HMS Scipio was the intended name for a 74-gun third rate, but she was renamed {{HMS|Bulwark|1807|6}} in 1806 before being launched in 1807.
  • HMS Scipio was the Dutch 20-gun corvette that Edward Pellew in {{ship|French frigate|Psyche|1804|2}} captured in 1807. She was not commissioned into the Royal Navy but served in the East Indies as HMS Scipio and then HMS Samarang. She was sold in 1814.

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