HMS Scylla

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 2025. 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.

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1970  Wikimedia, Wikidata
F71
length 113.4 metre, 
shipwreck, frigate, Leander-class frigate, Royal Navy, HMNB Devonport, 

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Location: 50.3276, -4.2527, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  SM U-153 ⓘ
  

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  SM UB-118 ⓘ
  

1970-02-12T00:00:00Z

1970-02-12T00:00:00Z

1970 HMS Scylla

1967-05-17T00:00:00Z

1967-05-17T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1968-08-08T00:00:00Z

1968-08-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1993-12-01T00:00:00Z

1993-12-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1970-02-12T00:00:00Z

1970-02-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

0838-01-01T00:00:00Z

0838-01-01T00:00:00Z

838 Battle of Hingston Down

1642-08-01T00:00:00Z

1646-01-01T00:00:00Z

1642 — 1646 Siege of Plymouth

1643-01-19T00:00:00Z

1643-01-19T00:00:00Z

1643 Battle of Braddock Down

1940-07-06T00:00:00Z

1941-04-30T00:00:00Z

1940 — 1941 Plymouth Blitz

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SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY 1945-1989 HU129982

HMS Scylla (F71) underway in the Persian Gulf c1988

Scylla-Odinn

Scylla - Odinn scrap

Katajanokanlaituri. Pakkahuoneenlaituri. - Helsinki 1976 - N109802 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rvy

Katajanokanlaituri. Makasiinilaituri. - Helsinki 1976 - N109812 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rwk

Katajanokanlaituri. Makasiinilaituri. - Helsinki 1976 - N109811 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rwi

HMS Scylla taustalla Katajanokanlaiturissa, Englannin kuningatar Elisabeth II-n vierailu - N109817 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rws

HMS Scylla F71 La Galissonniere D638 1978

USS Detroit (AOE-4) refueling Independence (CV-62) and HMS Scylla (F71) 1979

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	group		Plymouth Palmerston Forts	fortification	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Gunnislake New Bridge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	838	Battle of Hingston Down	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1642	Siege of Plymouth	siege, Roundhead, Cavalier	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Braddock Down	battle, Cavalier, Roundhead	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Plymouth Blitz	United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-153	U-boat, Type U 151 submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-118	U-boat, Type UB III submarine	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1818	Barclay Curle	shipyard, shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
organisation	military unit	1891	Fishery Protection Squadron	squadron, fishery inspection	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Cawsand Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Drake's Island	artillery battery, island	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Eastern King Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Ernesettle Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Frobisher Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Garden Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Grenville Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Hawkins Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Lord Howard's Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Raleigh Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Remains of Frederick's Battery on Plymouth Hoe	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Renney Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Staddon Heights Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		The Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Western Kings Artillery Tower	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Whitesand Bay Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Whitsand Bay practice battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Wilkinson's Battery	artillery battery, blockhouse	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 100m west of Princes Cottages	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1863	Forder Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1863	Knowles Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1863	Laira Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1864	Watch House Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1869	Brownhill Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1887	Maker Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1889	Penlee Battery	artillery battery, nature reserve	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1905	Lentney Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Plymouth Borough Control	Plymouth City Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Plymouth Emergency Centre	Devon County Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	castle	1538	St Catherine's Castle	fort, English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Cawsand Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Crownhill Fort	military museum, fort, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1859	Scraesdon Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1859	Tregantle Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Bovisand	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Fort Stamford	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1861	Staddon Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Agaton Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Bowden Battery	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Efford Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Egg Buckland Keep	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Fort Austin	military road, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1863	Woodlands Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1864	Picklecombe Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1865	Plymouth Breakwater Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1867	Polhawn Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1971	HMS Courageous	fleet submarine, preserved watercraft, nuclear submarine, museum ship, Royal Navy, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS A7	sunken vessel, submarine, A-class submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1685	HMS Coronation	second-rate, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1970	HMS Scylla	shipwreck, frigate, Leander-class frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY 1945-1989 HU129982		Commons
commons	image		HMS Scylla (F71) underway in the Persian Gulf c1988		Commons
commons	image		Scylla-Odinn		Commons
commons	image		Scylla - Odinn scrap		Commons
commons	image		Katajanokanlaituri. Pakkahuoneenlaituri. - Helsinki 1976 - N109802 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rvy		Commons
commons	image		Katajanokanlaituri. Makasiinilaituri. - Helsinki 1976 - N109812 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rwk		Commons
commons	image		Katajanokanlaituri. Makasiinilaituri. - Helsinki 1976 - N109811 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rwi		Commons
commons	image		HMS Scylla taustalla Katajanokanlaiturissa, Englannin kuningatar Elisabeth II-n vierailu - N109817 - hkm.HKMS000005-km003rws		Commons
commons	image		HMS Scylla F71 La Galissonniere D638 1978		Commons
commons	image		USS Detroit (AOE-4) refueling Independence (CV-62) and HMS Scylla (F71) 1979		Commons