French ship Scipion (1790)

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Scipion (1790), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Scipion
Namesake	Scipio Africanus
Ordered	19 October 1787
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	1789
Launched	30 July 1790
Decommissioned	1793
Fate	Burnt 28 November 1793
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes; 5,260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck:; 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck:; 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Scipion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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