H.M.S. Scylla
98
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 2in-3in, deck 0.5in-1in-2in, turrets 1in-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
- 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: Unallocated cruiser, Home Fleet, Jul-Aug 1942. Rear (D), Home Fleet, Sep 1942 as destroyer flagship for PQ18. 10th CS, Home Fleet, Oct 1942. 12th CS, Western Mediterranean, Nov 1942-Jan 1943. Unallocated cruiser, Home Fleet, Jan-Jul 1943 while under refit. Attached cruiser, Plymouth Command, Jul-Dec 1943. 10th CS, Home Fleet, Mar-May 1944. Attached cruiser, Plymouth and Portsmouth Commands while refitting as escort carrier flagship, Oct 1943-Apr 1944. Mined and damaged off Normandy 23 Jun 1944; determined to be constructive total loss post-war. Reserve, refit estimation Jun 1944-Mar 1946. Scrapped at Barrow from May 1950.
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