Allied Warships

HMS Scorpion (G 72)

Destroyer of the S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassS 
PennantG 72 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Jun 1941 
Launched26 Aug 1942 
Commissioned11 Mar 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1 October 1945 being renamed Kortenaer.
Scrapped in 1963.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. William Stratford Clouston, RN
5 April 1943 – October 1944
Promoted to Cdr. on 30 June 1944
DSC awarded on 5 January 1944

Cdr. Colin William McMullen, DSC, RN
October 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List
Bar to DSC awarded on 6 July 1945

 

Commands listed for HMS Scorpion (G 72)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. William Stratford Clouston, RN5 Apr 1943Oct 1944
2Cdr. Colin William McMullen, RNOct 1944Jul 1945 ?

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