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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | Norway|naval}} | Ship name= Skorpionen | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship yard number= | Ship laid down= 1865 | Ship launched= 1866 | Ship christened= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Scrapped 1908 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= Skorpionen class monitor | 1490|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 62.33|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 13.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 3.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 450|hp|0|abbr=on}} | 8|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=85 | 26.67|cm|in|abbr=on}} RML guns | 5|in|mm|abbr=on}}- Turret: {{convert|12|in|mm|abbr=on}}
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}} | HNoMS Skorpionen was a monitor built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1865, as the lead ship of a three-ship strong class. She was scrapped in 1908, well after her muzzle-loading guns were outdated. The two other ships in her class was {{ship|HNoMS|Mjølner||2}} and {{ship|HNoMS|Thrudvang||2}}. The slightly later {{ship|HNoMS|Thor|1872|2}} can be seen as an improved Skorpionen class monitor. The name translates as The Scorpion. DetailsSkorpionen was armed with two heavy rifled muzzle-loaders in a revolving turret. She had five inches of iron armour on her deck, and her turret was protected by twelve inches of iron armour. References- Naval History via Flix: KNM Skorpionen, retrieved 16 January 2006.
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