Scylla, - 26 photo's.
In memory of the last "Leander class Frigate", and the last ship, built here at Devonport in 1968.
Now, in 2004, she rests on the seabed in Whitsands Bay as an "Artificial Reef".
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photo's 4, 5, & 6 above were taken by Mr. Keith Goulding and show HMS Scylla awaiting disposal at Portsmouth in 2003.
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Photo's
7 through to 11 above show Scylla entering Plymouth under tow on 07 11 2003
prior to being stripped
for
later sinking in Whitsands Bay as a "Sports Diving" tourist attraction.
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Photos 12, 13, 14, above show her on her last trip out from Devonport towards her resting place in Whitsands Bay.
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Saturday 27th.March 2004.
The end of one life, the start of another.
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Photos 16, 17, 18, above show her last few minutes.
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Gone, but not forgotten.
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The 4 photos below of her underwater are by courtesy of Mrs. Sally Sharrock.
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To
obtain more information on this wreck, along with many others around the South
Devon and East Cornwall coastline visit
our
sister site at :-
www.submerged.co.uk
one of the U.K's. leading Wreck orientated websites.
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At
one time it was hoped that if you can't "Dive" but would like the chance to view Scylla for yourself from
the Submarine "Alicia" shown above,
you could have visited
the National Marine Aquarium website at :-
to
find out how this would have been possible.
Unfortunately,
it now seems that in 2007 this opportunity no longer exists,
and the photos of
"Alicia" are retained here purely to show what "Might Have
Been".
Return to "Index 13" - Frigates, Leanders.