HMS Scylla (98)

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Scylla at anchor on the Clyde, June 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	Scylla
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Greenock, Scotland)
Laid down	19 April 1939
Launched	24 July 1940
Commissioned	12 June 1942
Out of service	write-off, 23 June 1944
Identification	Pennant number 98
Fate	Scrapped, 4 May 1950.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,600 tons standard 6,850 tons full load
Length	485 ft (148 m) pp 512 ft (156 m) oa
Beam	50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	4 geared steam turbines Four shafts Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers 62,000 shp (46 MW)
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots 6,824 km (4,240 miles) at 16 knots
Complement	480
Armament	8 × 4.5 in (113 mm) dual guns, 1 × 4.0 in (102 mm) gun, 2 × 0.5 in MG quadruple guns, 3 × 2-pounder 40 mm pom-poms quad guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) triple torpedo tubes.
Armor	Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.

HMS Scylla was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Greenock, Scotland), with the keel being laid down on 19 April 1939. She was launched on 24 July 1940, and commissioned 12 June 1942.

One of two sisters (the other was, appropriately, Charybdis, see Scylla and Charybdis), Scylla was completed with four twin QF 4.5 in Mk.III in UD MK III mountings because of a shortage of the intended QF 5.25 inch gun mountings.

The forward superstructure was considerably modified to accommodate these and also to increase crew spaces. Known as the 'toothless terrors', they proved to be very good anti-aircraft ships, often leading to comparisons with their sisters armed with the heavier QF 5.25 in (133 mm) guns.