HMS Scylla (1856)
HMS Scylla was a wooden screw corvette launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1856 and sold for breakup in 1882. She served in the Mediterranean from 1859 to 1863 and China from 1863 to 1867. In 1869 she joined the Flying Squadron, and then she was then deployed to the Pacific until 1873. She was broken up in 1882.[1]
 The arrival of the newly exiled Otho, ex-King of Greece, at Venice, 29 October 1862, in the Scylla, Captain Rowley Lambert. Edward William Cooke | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Scylla |
| Launched | 19 June 1856 |
| Out of service | 1873 |
| Fate | Broken up 1882 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pearl-class corvette |
| Displacement | 2189 tons |
| Length | 200 ft |
| Propulsion | Screw |
| Armament | 21 cannons |
Scylla and the British Flying Squadron leaving False Bay, Cape of Good Hope on 18 October 1869
References
- "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Scylla". www.pdavis.nl.
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