V697 Sco , the remnant of Nova Scorpii 1941 and currently at V \sim 20.0 , is found from photometric observations to have the characteristics of an intermediate polar ( IP ) with an orbital period ( P _ { orb } ) of 4.49 h and a rotation period ( P _ { rot } ) of 3.31 h. It therefore appears to be a member of the rare class of IPs where P _ { rot } \sim P _ { orb } , which are probably discless systems .
The prominence of the modulation at { { 1 } \over { 2 } } P _ { rot } , and its orbital sidebands , indicates two-pole accretion .