HMS Scorpion (1863) - Fate

Fate

Scorpion was sunk as a target in 1901 but raised the next year and sold in February 1903. She was lost at sea while under tow to the U.S., where she was to be scrapped.

Scorpion-class ironclad
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List of ironclads of the Royal Navy


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