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	Scylla [History]
		The next ship to bear the name HMS Scylla was also a cruiser built in 1890 and under the command of Captain Percy Scott was involved with experiments in signalling lights and ended with the fame of having the most efficient gunnery ship in the fleet.
		On June 5 HMS Scylla took part in the D-Day Landings and it was at the Sword Beach that she took up position as the Flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Phillip Vian, Commander of Force ‘S’.
		HMS Scylla ended up hitting a mine and was so badly damaged that she was towed back to Britain and used as a target ship and was finally broken up by Ward, Barrow, in 1950.
	www.scyllalimited.co.uk /html/all_scyllas.html (603 words)

	HMS Scylla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Scylla was a wooden screw corvette launched in 1856 and sold for breakup in 1882.
		The fourth Scylla was a cruiser launched in 1940, seriously damaged by a mine in 1944, and sold in 1950.
		The fifth Scylla was a frigate in service from 1970 to 1993, and sunk as an artificial reef in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Scylla (172 words)

	HMS Scylla (F71) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		Scylla was launched in August 1968 and commissioned in 1970.
		She lay in a state of disrepair and neglect for ten years until the 27th March 2004, when Scylla was sunk off Cornwall where she began a new -- and no doubt long -- career as an artificial reef, the first of its kind in the UK and Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Scylla_(F71) (584 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - HMS Scylla.
		HMS Scylla was built in Scotland and launched in 1942.
		Scylla was a bit of a one-off in that of the 12 ships of the Dido class, it was one of, I think, only two which were converted during construction to be an anti-aircraft ship rather than a conventional cruiser engaging surface stuff.
		We in Scylla had, as yet, no scares but the escort-carrier Avenger which rendezvoused with the convoy off Iceland had had a torrrid journey north, having lost one plane overboard in rough weather and had her engines pack up owing to dirty fuel.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /ships/scylla.html (4811 words)

	Aberdeen Watersports - News (HMS Scylla) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The sinking of HMS Scylla should provide millions of pounds to the area via tourism and a center for diving.
		Britains first articificial reef, frigate HMS Scylla, was ready for divers at 5pm, 29 March, after a 48 hour settling-in period and an inspection by Navy divers.
		Scylla was successfully sent to the bottom by explosives on Saturday 27 March in Whitsand Bay, close to the position of the James Eagan Layne.
	www.aberdeenwatersports.com /welcome/news-details.asp?newsnum=182 (276 words)

	Scuba Diving: Scylla : Devon Shipwrecks: Submerged Productions
		One of the last warships to be built at Plymouth, Scylla was laid down at Devonport Dockyard in 1967, and launched in August 1968.After her fitting out she was commissioned on 14 February 1970 and went on service in the Mediterranean where she assisted H.M.S. Penelope in underwater noise trials.
		By the beginning of the nineties Scylla was obsolete, and in 1993 she was decommissioned and left to rust.
		The Scylla is a welcome addition to Plymouth's sea bed, but it's a great shame that so much was taken from the Scylla, as its robbed her of most of her personality.
	www.submerged.co.uk /scylla.php (1089 words)

	Wreck Tour 64 - HMS Scylla - June 2004 - DIVERNET from Diver Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There are three marker buoys on the Scylla, at the bow, the stern and on the superstructure, the bow being furthest to the south-west.
		She was launched from Devonport Dockyard on 8 August, 1968, 2500 tons of broad-beam Leander-class frigate and the the fourth warship to be christened HMS Scylla since 1809, writes Kendall McDonald.
		Scylla later seemed to be everywhere - entertaining US President Jimmy Carter aboard off the Leeward Islands, in the Channel to scatter the ashes of Cruel Sea author Nicholas Montserrat and, in 1980, helping the victims of Hurricane Allen in the Cayman islands.
	www.divernet.com /wrecks/wtour640604.shtml (1634 words)

	HMS Scylla - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Scylla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Scylla - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Scylla.
		* The fourth Scylla was a cruiser launched in 1940, seriously damaged by a mine in 1944, and sold in 1950.
		* The fifth Scylla was a frigate in service from 1970 to 1993, and sunk as an artificial reef in 2004.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Scylla.html (186 words)

	The Flying Squadron - World Cruise 1869-70 - HMS Scylla
		The Scylla is about the smallest vessel comprising the Flying Squadron, but carries the same armament as the Barrosa.
		She found that the Russians had established settlements down as far as Kussyeai(?) The Scylla conducting her observations, went to Dui to coal, and thence as far northward as Castries Bay.
		Among her officers is Lieutenant Parker (formerly with H.M.S. Curaçon, commanded by Sir William Wiseman) who has a medal from the Royal Humane Society.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Flying_Squadron/HMS_Scylla.html (325 words)

	Cameras Underwater Info: HMS Scylla artificial reef.
		From Day 1 the Scylla has been an unqualified success story as thousands of divers from all over the world have visited her and watched as she has changed from a sterile-looking piece of bare metal, to a reef in the true sense, brimming with spectacular marine life.
		HMS Scylla was launched on August 8, 1968, from Devonport Dockyard.
		It is estimated that the increase in diving activity since the sinking of HMS Scylla has generated an additional £1 million to the economy in the surrounding area.
	www.camerasunderwater.info /articles/general/Scylla/index.html (556 words)

	The sinking of HMS Scylla
		Saturday 27th March 2004, and the decommissoned British frigate HMS Scylla is to be scuttled off the coast of Plymouth.
		HMS Scylla sits at anchor a few minutes before explosive charges rip the bottom out of her.
		HMS Scylla has had a an eventful life, she collided with the Torpoint Ferry in 1973 (!)
	digitalsat.co.uk /hmsscylla.html (397 words)

	HMS Euryalus (42) Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Euryalus was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy.
		During August 1943, HMS Euryalus, HMS Dido and HMS Sirius with four destroyers, shelled the bridge in the Gulf of Eufemia Calibria, in support of the 8th Army under Lt-General Clarke in the Bay of Solerno, in overall command of the operation was Admiral Cunningham (R.N.) in Malta.
		In August 1952, HMS Euryalus was decommissioned, and later during the year she was recommissioned and again rejoined the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Euryalus_(42) (1942 words)

	Monster vision - This Is Hampshire archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Scylla was first commissioned on Valentines Day 1970 having being launched two years earlier at Davenport Dockyard where she was built.
		Scylla, named after a mythological monster, sailed over 60,000 miles in one tour in 1974 when she visited 11 countries including Mombassa, Bahrain and Kuwait but her main role has been one of protector during the fishing dispute with Iceland.
		Whatever her future maybe HMS Scylla was always where the action was at the "front line" and so ensuring her past will remain in the heart of the Royal Navy's glorious history.
	archive.thisishampshire.net /2001/05/08/75668.html (404 words)

	NMA - Scylla - Scylla's Story
		HMS Scylla was an Exocet Leander class frigate, the last frigate to be built in Devonport Royal Dockyard in 1968.
		Scylla is 113m long with a displacement of 2500 tonnes.
		Scylla made the local news headlines in 1973 when she collided with the Torpoint ferry.
	www.national-aquarium.co.uk /scylla/story.asp (241 words)

	CDNN :: Farewell to HMS Scylla, Europe's First Artificial Reef
		The last warship to be built at Devonport dockyard, HMS Scylla was bought from the Ministry of Defence by a consortium headed by the National Marine Aquarium (NMA) and funded by the South West Regional Development Agency for £200,000 last month.
		My fondest memory of Scylla was taking her up to an enormous glacier in South Georgia in the Falklands, and sitting there watching the sealife play around us.
		HMS Scylla will now be prepared for scuttling by a specialist team aided by artificial reef experts from Canada.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i031201/i031201.html (551 words)

	BATSAC Dive Debrief - The HMS Scylla
		The Scylla is without doubt the most famous wreck in the UK at the moment, even your granny watched it being blown up on the evening news.
		The trip out to the Scylla was about 25 mins, and we were all there holding onto the RIB, with the usual "team on a mission" look, which is just one of the things about RIB diving that I personally really enjoy.
		Life on the Scylla was beginning to grab hold too, dead mens fingers clung to the outer surface, and shoals of fish seemed to wander in and out the rooms as if still trying to figure out the best spot to hang out on this new reef.
	www.batsac.org /scyllawriteup.html (764 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Scylla's final voyage to bottom of the sea
		Thousands of people watched as a spectacular explosion sent HMS Scylla to the bottom of the ocean to create a new home for sea life less than a mile off the coast of Cornwall.
		The Scylla, which began its service in 1970 and was decommissioned in 1993, was expected to settle on the seabed around 1,500ft from the vessel James Eagan Lane, which was torpedoed on her maiden voyage in 1944 as it ferried wartime supplies.
		In the summer of 1979 a ceremony was held aboard the Scylla to scatter the ashes of The Cruel Sea author Nicholas Monserrat, who died aged 69.
	news.scotsman.com /scitech.cfm?id=356872004 (711 words)

	Type 12 Sinkings
		HMS Lowestoft is struck by a Tigerfish Torpedo (right) Lowestoft is seen sinking shortly after the attack.
		Above: HMS Berwick, also Rothesay Class, is struck was by a Marconi Tigerfish Mod 2 Torpedo from the Fleet Submarine H.M.S Tireless during the October 1986 Sinkex exercise.
		Scylla was also based at Devonport for much of her career.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Feature/sink/sink.htm (1082 words)

	BBC Homeground - The day they scuttled Scylla
		The HMS Scylla, which was decommissioned from Royal Navy service in 1993, was purchased by the National Marine Aquarium (NMA) in 2003 at a cost of £200,000.
		Scylla needs to be towed away from the dockyard so that the explosives which will sink her can be loaded, but the bad weather could delay the whole project.
		Scylla's on the move, but as she creeps down the river guided by tug boats, she's a shadow of her former self.
	www.bbc.co.uk /homeground/archive/2005/hms_scylla.shtml (2945 words)

	ipedia.com: HMS Scylla (F71) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		In 1975, Scylla was again in 'action' against Iceland during the Third Cod War in 1975 due to further fishing disputes with Iceland.
		She lay in a state of disrepair and neglect for ten years until the 27th March 2004, when Scylla was sunk off Cornwall where she began a new -- and no doubt long -- career as an artificial reef, the first of its kind in the UK and Europe.
	www.ipedia.com /hms_scylla__f71_.html (603 words)

	BSAC TRAVEL CLUB - Trip Reports - Plymouth, Devon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Contrary to popular belief, HMS Scylla is not, in fact, the first ship to be scuppered as an artificial reef in the UK.
		The railings themselves are already covered with tiny hydroids, feeding in the current that gently washes over the wreck with the tides and keel worms have colonised much of the steel plating with a labyrinth of casts.
		With gun mounts, depth charge racks and missile launchers still in place, Scylla is a fascinating wreck to dive and will, hopefully, become more interesting as the marine life moves in.
	www.bsactravelclub.co.uk /reports/plymouth.htm (1318 words)

	Scylla Diving, HMS Scylla Dive Safety Information from Aquanauts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Even with training and a wreck reel, some areas of Scylla are too narrow for 2 divers to swim side by side.
		The gutting of Scylla took care of the majority but you should still be careful.
		Bib, under the bow and stern, Pollack everywhere, Red Mullet in the hanger, a John Dory, 2 foot long Squid on the starboard side, a Guillimot at 22m, Squid eggs under the stern, a Cuttlefish on the flight deck, and Jelly fish in the canteen.
	www.aquanauts.co.uk /Scylla.htm (826 words)

	Royal Navy: Recent News
		The ex Royal Naval Frigate, Scylla, recently purchased by a consortium headed by the National Marine Aquarium, will be sent to the seabed to produce Europe’s first artificial reef at approximately 1515, Saturday, 27th March 2004 in Whitsand Bay, near Plymouth, Cornwall.
		HMS Scylla was decommissioned from the Royal Navy in 1993, being replaced by the highly advanced Type 23 Frigate, which offers a far superior and more potent weapons system.
		After the Scylla has settled onto the seabed, the Royal Navy’s Dive Team will be the first to dive on to the new artificial reef to collect any hazards that may remain.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/content/138_6158_777_0.html (234 words)

	Diving the HMS Scylla
		SCYLLA was a DRAKAINA (A She-Dragon) with the upper body of a beautiful woman but around her waist grew six fearful serpents with dogs heads and razor-sharp teeth.
		Scylla (the she dragon) is said to live in a cave under a rock on one side of the Strait of Messina.
		To pass between between Scylla and Charybdis was to pass between two equally perilous alternatives, neither of which can be passed without encountering the other; to pass between a rock and a hard place.
	www.bsac14.org.uk /scylla.htm (777 words)

	Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Scylla
		Her Majesty's screw corvette Scylla, 16 guns, 400-horse power, Capt. Charles R.F. Boxer, which has recently returned from the Pacific Station, was paid out of commission yesterday (Tuesday) morning in the large basin in Sheerness Dockyard, and the officers and crew granted the usual leave of absence.
		In April, 1872, the Scylla was relieved by the Zealous, and proceeded again to the coast of Mexico, on whose inhospitable shores she remained about two mouths, and then proceeded to Panama, where, having been nearly three years and a half in commission, it was hoped the orders for home would have arrived.
		The Scylla has been absent from England three years and nine months, during which time she has traversed a distance of 85,000 miles, 9,000 of which has been under steam, or steam and sail; the remainder under sail alone.
	www.pdavis.nl /ShowShip.php?id=130 (747 words)

	Bristol Channel Divers -
		HMS Scylla, a Leander class Frigate was sunk in Whitsand Bay to the West of Plymouth on Saturday 27 March 2004.
		Simon, Fiona, John and Christine were up early on the Saturday to watch Scylla's final voyage from Devonport to Whitsand Bay, followed by the scuttling operation.
		Scylla is now lying on the seabed just to the west of the James Egan Layne with a 20degree list to port.
	www.bristolchanneldivers.org /Scylla.htm (153 words)

	The sinking of HMS Scylla
		Saturday 27th March 2004, and the decommissoned British frigate HMS Scylla is to be scuttled off the coast of Plymouth.
		HMS Scylla sits at anchor a few minutes before explosive charges rip the bottom out of her.
		HMS Scylla has had a an eventful life, she collided with the Torpoint Ferry in 1973 (!)
	www.digitalsat.co.uk /hmsscylla.html (397 words)

	BSAC TRAVEL CLUB - Trip Reports - James Egan Lane Vs. HMS Scylla Plymouth, Devon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I was looking forward to this, as I was fortunate enough to see Scylla towed out of Plymouth on the 27th of March and after a morning dive on Hillsea point watch her being sunk.
		I was disappointed that I didn’t see more of Scylla but at the same time plenty more to go back for.
		Scylla was interesting but it just wasn’t bustling with life.
	www.bsactravelclub.co.uk /reports/scylla.htm (1254 words)

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