HMS Scipio (1782)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scipio.

Plan of the orlop deck of Scipio
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Scipio
Ordered	11 November 1779
Builder	Barnard, Deptford
Laid down	January 1780
Launched	22 October 1782
Fate	Broken up, 1798
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	64-gun third-rate Crown-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1387 (bm)
Length	160 ft 5 in (48.90 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 10 in (13.67 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 3.5 in (5.880 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Scipio was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1782 at Deptford.[1] She was broken up in 1798.[1]

Notable people who sailed on her include Matthew Flinders, Francis Laforey, John Nicholson Inglefield and Edward Thornbrough.

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

• Media related to HMS Scipio (ship, 1782) at Wikimedia Commons