Four ships of the
British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Scipio'' after the Roman general
Scipio Africanus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (, , ; 236/235–183 BC) was a Roman general and statesman, most notable as one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the best military com ...
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* was an 8-gun
fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746.
* 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 in 1806 before being launched in 1807.
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HMS ''Scipio'' was the Dutch 20-gun
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
that
Edward Pellew
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother ...
in 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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Royal Navy ship names