HMS Scylla (1809)

HMS Scylla in a perilous thunder squall at sea on 6 August 1843
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Scylla
Ordered5 September 1808
BuilderRobert Davy, Topsham
Laid downDecember 1808
Launched29 June 1809
CompletedBy 9 December 1809
FateBroken up in January 1846
General characteristics
Class & typeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen385 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft 4 in (30.6 m) o/a;
  • 77 ft 8+1⁄8 in (23.7 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6+1⁄2 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement121
Armament16 × 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.

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