Editing HMS Scorpion (1863) (section)

==Construction and career==
{{stack|[[File:H.B. Majesty's steamer Majestic watching the rebel rams in the Mersey - FL 1864.jpg|thumb|H.B. Majesty's steamer ''[[HMS Majestic (1853)|Majestic]]'' watching the rebel rams in the Mersey, 1863. ''Tousson'', far left.]]}}
In early 1864, the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] purchased both for the [[Royal Navy]] and named them ''Scorpion'' and {{HMS|Wivern|1863|2}}. Commissioned in July 1865, ''Scorpion'' was assigned to the Channel Fleet until 1869, with time out for a refit that reduced her sailing rig from a [[Barque|bark]] to a [[schooner]]. In late 1869, she moved to [[Bermuda]] for coast and harbour defence service. ''Scorpion'' remained there for over three decades before being removed from the effective list. ''Scorpion'' was sunk as a target in 1901 but raised the next year and sold in February 1903. She was lost at sea while under tow to the U.S., where she was to be scrapped.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-s/scorpn7.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20011030224511/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-s/scorpn7.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 30 October 2001 |publisher=United States Navy Historical Center (United States Navy) |title= HMS Scorpion |access-date= 2008-08-19}}</ref>