HMS Scylla (F71)

HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard, the last RN frigate to be built there as of 2016. Scylla was commissioned in 1970, taken out of service in 1993 in accordance with Options for Change, and sunk as an artificial reef in 2004 off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scylla.

The British frigate Scylla (Right) and the French destroyer La Galissonniere (Left) underway during NATO exercises on 18 November 1978
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Scylla
BuilderDevonport Royal Dockyard
Laid down17 May 1967
Launched8 August 1968
Commissioned12 February 1970
DecommissionedDecember 1993
FateSunk as an artificial reef on 27 March 2004
General characteristics
Class and typeLeander-class frigate
Displacement3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load
Length113.4 m (372 ft)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Range4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement223
Armament
  • As built:
  • 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns
  • 1 × quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launchers
  • 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar
  • From 1980:
  • 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers
  • 1 × GWS 25 Sea Wolf anti-aircraft missile launcher
  • 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried
  • 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter
  • From 1980:
  • 1 × Lynx helicopter
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