HMS Scylla (1809)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scylla.
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]
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HMS Scylla in a perilous thunder squall at sea on 6 August 1843. | |
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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 |
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