H.M.S. Scylla
37
1941
(Neptun 1141a)
- Class: Dido (1st group) - 11 light cruisers of 1937-39
- Displacement: 5,450 tons
- Dimensions: 485 (pp) 512 (oa) x 50.5 x 14 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 62,000 = 33 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2-3in, deck 0.5-1-2in, turrets 1-2in, DCT 1in
- Armament: 8-4.5in AA (4x2), 8-2pdr AA (2x4), 8-20mm (8x1) guns, 6-21in TT (2x3)
- Complement: 530
- Builder: Scotts (Greenock)
- Laid Down: 19 Apr 1939
- Launched: 24 Jul 1940
- Completed: 12 Jun 1942
- Fate: Sold T. W. Ward 1950, arrived Barrow 6 May 1950 for scrapping
- Notes: Due to a shortage in the production of twin 5.25in DP turrets, two of the Dido class, Scylla and Charybdis, were completed with twin 4.5in AA instead.
- Service: Home fleet 1942, Force "H" 1943, Home fleet 1943-45
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