HMS Scylla
HMS Scylla was the last Leander-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. She was the fifth vessel in the Royal Navy to be named after the Sea Monster who devoured the victims of the whirlpool, Charybdis, and was commonly referred to as "Aberdeen's frigate".Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Germanus’ Church, Rame and Chapel Of St Michael.
St Germanus’ Church, Rame
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Germanus' Church is a Church of England church in Rame, Cornwall, England, UK. Much of the existing church dates to the 13th and 15th centuries. It has been Grade I listed since 1960. St Germanus’ Church, Rame is situated 2 miles east of HMS Scylla.
Chapel Of St Michael
Chapel
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapel Of St Michael is situated 1½ miles southeast of HMS Scylla.
Polhawn Fort
Monument
Photo: Dave Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polhawn Fort is a monument, which is situated 1½ miles east of HMS Scylla.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freathy and Rame Head.
Freathy
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freathy is a beach and coastal settlement on the Rame Peninsula in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Freathy is accessible by the coast road along which runs the South West Coast Path.
Rame Head
Locality
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rame Head or Ram Head is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is part of the larger Rame Peninsula. Rame Head is situated 1½ miles southeast of HMS Scylla.
Rame
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rame is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Maker-with-Rame, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England. Rame is situated 2 miles east of HMS Scylla.
HMS Scylla
- Type: Reef
- Description: 1968 Leander-class frigate
- Categories: frigate, shipwreck, historic site, disaster remains, and landform
- Location: St. John, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.32758° or 50° 19′ 39″ northLongitude
-4.25271° or 4° 15′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8PHW+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 817597929OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckOpenStreetMap feature
natural=reefWikidata ID
Q5634261
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Persian—“HMS Scylla” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “HMS Scylla”
- Finnish: “HMS Scylla”
- Irish: “HMS Scylla”
- Japanese: “シラ (フリゲート)”
- Persian: “اچاماس سکولا (اف۷۱)”
- Persian: “اچاماس سکولا”
- “HMS Scylla”
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Highlights include Chamber Rock and WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).
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