HMS Scorpion (D64), the Glossary
HMS Scorpion was a of the British Royal Navy in service from 1947 and scrapped in 1971.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Bo'ness, Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, British 21-inch torpedo, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Cowes, Fleet review, HMNB Devonport, J. Samuel White, Limbo (weapon), Mediterranean Sea, Pennant number, QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI, Radar picket, Rosyth, Royal Navy, Squid (weapon), United Kingdom, 6th Destroyer Flotilla.
- Weapon-class destroyers
Bo'ness
Borrowstounness (commonly known as Bo'ness) is a town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.
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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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British 21-inch torpedo
There have been a number of 21-inch (53.3cm) torpedoes in service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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Coronation of Elizabeth II
The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London.
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Cowes
Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight.
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Fleet review
A fleet review or naval review is an event where a gathering of ships from a particular navy is paraded and reviewed by an incumbent head of state and/or other official civilian and military dignitaries.
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HMNB Devonport
His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.
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J. Samuel White
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Limbo (weapon)
Limbo, or Anti Submarine Mortar Mark 10 (A/S Mk.10), was the final development of the forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon Squid, designed during the Second World War and was developed by the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment in the 1950s.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Pennant number
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948).
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QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI
The QF 4 inch Mk XVI gunMk XVI.
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Radar picket
A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military (including naval) force to protect it from surprise attack, typically air attack, or from criminal activities such as smuggling.
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Rosyth
Rosyth (Ros Fhìobh, "headland of Fife") is a town in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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Squid (weapon)
Squid was a British World War II ship-mounted anti-submarine weapon.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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6th Destroyer Flotilla
The British 6th Destroyer Flotilla, or Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, was a military formation of the Royal Navy from 1911 to 1939 and again from 1947 to 1951.
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See also
Weapon-class destroyers
- HMS Battleaxe (D118)
- HMS Broadsword (D31)
- HMS Crossbow (D96)
- HMS Scorpion (D64)
- Weapon-class destroyer
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Scorpion_(D64)
Also known as HMS Centaur (G64), HMS Tomahawk (D64).