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HMS Scylla (98)

Light cruiser of the Dido class


HMS Scylla in 1942

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassDido 
Pennant98 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Apr, 1939 
Launched24 Jul, 1940 
Commissioned12 Jun, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryWhile serving off Normandy HMS Scylla (Capt. Thomas Marcus Brownrigg, CBE, OBE, RN) was badly damaged by mines in position 49º25'N, 00º24'W on 23 June 1944. She was declared a Constructive Total Loss and later used as target ship. Scrapped by Ward, Barrow, arriving on 4 May 1950.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Ian Agnew Patterson Macintyre, RN
27 March 1942 - 4 November 1943
CBE awarded on 11 June 1942
DSO awarded on 1 December 1942

Capt. Thomas Marcus Brownrigg, OBE, RN
4 November 1943 – 28 July 1944
CBE awarded on 21 December 1943

Capt. V.E. Ward, RN (retired)
28 July 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Scylla include:

1 Jan, 1943
The German blockade breaker Rhakotis (6753 GRT) is intercepted by the British light cruiser HMS Scylla (Capt. I.A.P. Macintyre, CBE, DSO, RN) about 200 nautical miles north-west of Cape Finisterre in position 45º01'N, 10º50'W. When the British open fire the Germans scuttled their ship. (see map)


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