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|order=1908-09 Programme{{March|p. 101}}
|name=Scorpion
|launch=19 Feb, 1910{{Conways1906|pp. 73-74}}
|comp=Aug, 1910{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 306}}
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1906|pp. 73-74}}
|pend=D.90 (Feb 1915)<br>H.C3 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 61}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
'''H.M.S. ''Scorpion''''' was one of sixteen destroyers of the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class]].

==Service==
In mid-1913, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 373}}

She distinguished herself by surprising two Turkish battalions at night by illuminating them with her searchlight and firing heavily on them in the open, causing great casualties.{{HardLying|p. 113}}

At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, ''Scorpion'' was struck by a shell in her boiler room when working with five other ''Beagles'' and {{UK-Arno}} to tow troop barges in.{{HardLying|p. 113}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Scorpion''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Reginald Guy Stone|nick=Reginald G. Stone|appt=|end=11 January, 1911{{LowisFabulousAdmirals|p. 128}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=10 January, 1911{{NLOct15|p. 397''w''}}|end=24 July, 1916<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Keith Richard Farquharson|nick=Keith R. Farquharson|appt=2 September, 1916<ref>Farquharson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/231.|D7604986}} f. 244.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 397''w''}}|end=2 October, 1916<ref>Farquharson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/231.|D7604986}} f. 244.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=2 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''w''}}|end=11 February, 1918<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Loben Edward Harold Maund|nick=Loben E. H. Maund|appt=1 March, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 905}}|end=31 December, 1918}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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