• The first Sceptre
  HMS Sceptre (1781)
  HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. Shortly after completion she was sent out to the Indian Ocean to join Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes's squadron. She arrived in time for the Battle of Trincomalee in 1782...
  
  , launched in 1781, was a 64 gun third rate ship of the line. She was lost with all 291 hands during a violent storm in Table Bay
  Table Bay
  Table Bay is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this...
  
  , near the Cape of Good Hope
  Cape of Good Hope
  The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.There is a misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, because it was once believed to be the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In fact, the...
  
  , when a series of anchor cables parted in the rising winds.
• The second Sceptre
  HMS Sceptre (1802)
  HMS Sceptre was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, built by Dudman of Deptford after a design by Sir William Rule, and launched in December 1802 at Deptford. She served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 before being broken up in 1821....
  
  , launched in 1802, was a 74 gun 3rd rate ship of the line. In 1815, she was decommissioned at Chatham. Her final years were spent in the Channel blockade of the French before she was finally broken up in 1821.
• The third Sceptre
  HMS Sceptre (1917)
  HMS Sceptre was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, at Linthouse and launched on April 13, 1917. During sea trials she averaged nearly 36 knots in force 6 wind. In total 51 ships were in this class and saw service in World War I from 1916 to 1917, suffering...
  
  , launched in 1917, was an R-class
  R class destroyer (1916)
  The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier M-class destroyers...
  
   destroyer
  Destroyer
  In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
  
  . She survived World War I
  World War I
  World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
  
   and was sold for disposal in 1926.
• The fourth Sceptre (P215)
  HMS Sceptre (P215)
  HMS Sceptre was a 1940-programme S-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on January 9, 1943, in Greenock, although her keel had been laid down in July 1940.-Career:...
  
  , launched in 1943, was a 1940-programme S-class
  British S class submarine (1931)
  The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines...
  
   submarine
  Submarine
  A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
  
  . She served in World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
   and was sold to the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain
  Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain
  The Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain was a nationalised industry, set up in 1949 by Clement Attlee's Labour government.The Iron & Steel Act 1949 took effect on 15 February 1951, the Corporation becoming the sole shareholder of 80 of the principal iron and steel companies...
  
   for scrap in August 1949.
• The present Sceptre (S104)
  HMS Sceptre (S104)
  The fifth HMS Sceptre is a Swiftsure-class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in 1976, with a bottle of cider against her hull. She was commissioned on 14 February 1978, by Lady Audrey White. She was the tenth nuclear fleet submarine to enter service with the Royal...
  
  , launched in 1976, is a Swiftsure-class
  Swiftsure class submarine
  The Swiftsure class were a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy from the early 1970s until 2010....
  
   nuclear submarine.

See also

• French ship Sceptre
  French ship Sceptre
  Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sceptre after the sceptre, a symbol of royal or imperial authority.* Sceptre , a 84-gun ship of the line* Sceptre , a 80-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class...