HMS Scipion

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Two ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scipion, after the French term for the Roman general Scipio Africanus:

  • {{HMS|Scipion|1793}} a 74-gun third rate, previously the French {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}} {{ship|French ship|Scipion|1790|2}}. She was handed over to the British in 1793, and was burnt by accident later that year.
  • HMS Scipion was the French 74-gun third rate Scipion, which the British captured in 1805; she was broken up in 1819.

See also

  • Ships named {{HMS|Scipio}}

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