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Weapon (Battleaxe) Class

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HMS Battleaxe

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 National Library of Scotland footage of crew members inspect the damage to HMS Battleaxe and Ursa, tied up at Greenock after a collision on the Clyde. Battleaxe was scrapped two years later.

HMS Crossbow

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HMS Scorpion

Entering Portsmouth

HMS Scorpion4" guns firing21" Torpedo
40mm BoforsRefuelling alongside HMS TheseusScorpion entering Portsmout (courtesy Bob Hill)3 Mess
Refueling alongside HMS TheseusForecastleUsing chemical smoke screenSmoke screen
Stern wake full speedStern wake full speedStern wake full speedFull speed stbd side
Rough seas6th Destroyer SquadronAlongside 3 warfe DevonportHMS Scorpion
Bob Hill 1951

Recollections of Scorpion by Bob Hill

Weapon (Battleaxe) Class