Name Scipion Ordered 19 October 1787 Laid down 1789 Construction started 1789 Weight 2,966 tons | Namesake Scipio Africanus Builder Toulon Decommissioned 1793 Launched 30 July 1790 | |
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Scipion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
In 1792, Scipion took part in operations against Nice, Villefranche and Oneille. In December, she joined the division under Admiral Latouche Tréville, and assisted the damaged Languedoc during the storm of 21 to 23 of that month.
Captured by the British after the surrendering of Toulon by a Royalist cabale, she was commissioned with a crew of French rebels. On 28 November 1793, she caught fire by accident in the harbour of Livorno and exploded, killing 86 including her commanding officer, Captain Degoy.
References
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