&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:H.M._Ship_Scylla._In_a_Perilous_Thunder_Squall_at_sea_6th_August_1843._From_a_Drawing_by_N.M._Condy_Esqre_RMG_PU6075.jpg) HMS Scylla in a perilous thunder squall at sea on 6 August 1843.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Scylla |
| Ordered | 5 September 1808 |
| Builder | Robert Davy, Topsham |
| Laid down | December 1808 |
| Launched | 29 June 1809 |
| Completed | By 9 December 1809 |
| Fate | Broken up in January 1846 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 385 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers |
HMS Scylla was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. The first to bear the name Scylla, she was launched in 1809 and broken up in 1846.[2]
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 300.
- ^ King, Ian M. "HMS Scylla (1809) (1st) Brig-sloop 18-gun". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 24 February 2013.