The main armament consisted to 4 inch guns, one, 3.7 inch howitzer and 13 smaller guns. Adequate accommodation is provided for the Adml and his staff, officers and men. The 'Scorpion' is 200ft, in length, with an estimated standard displacement of 670 t. His Majesty's River gunboat 'HMS scorpion', for service as flagship in the Yangtze River, China, was launched by lady Baring at the shipyard of J Samuel White and Co, Ltd, East Cowes. 20 December 1937 New flagship for the Yangtze launched at East Cowes. Photo shows, the 'Scorpion' going down slipway.

New flagship for the Yangtze launched at East Cowes.

Bottrop, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - The Boye will be renatured, will be transformed into a near-natural body of water, here in the area of the A2 motorway a slipway has been built, the river may change again, the Boye belongs to the Emscher river system and thus to the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, mixed water sewer with surface water and sewage.

Public slipways southampton