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<p><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#FF6600'>SCYLLA</span></b></p>

<p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>One of the
last warships to be built at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:City></st1:place>,
Scylla was laid down at Devonport Dockyard in 1967, and launched in August
1968. <span class=GramE>After her fitting out she was commissioned on <st1:date
Month="2" Day="14" Year="1970" w:st="on">14 February 1970</st1:date> and went
on service in the <st1:place w:st="on">Mediterranean</st1:place> where she assisted
<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">H.M.S.</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn
 w:st="on">Penelope</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName> in underwater noise trials.</span>
This consisted of <st2:Sn w:st="on">Penelope</st2:Sn> being towed by Scylla at
the end of a mile long, eleven-inch cable at 23 knots. (I would like to have
seen that.)</span></p>

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<p align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1. The Scylla being launched. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>2.The</span> Scylla in 1985, post <span class=SpellE>exocet</span>
conversion.</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt'> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>3. </span></b><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Scylla arriving at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:City></st1:place> for <span class=SpellE>preperation</span>.</span></b></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In 1976 she was involved
in the Cod War in the waters around <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iceland</st1:country-region>,
and later saw service on the <span class=SpellE>Biera</span> Patrol, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Belize</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
and as the West Indies Guard Ship. At the outbreak of the <st1:place w:st="on">Falklands</st1:place>
war in 1982 Scylla had just started a major refit. But this had to be put on
hold as men and materials were reassigned to the battle damaged ships. So
urgent was their need that parts of the Scylla were ripped out and cannibalised
to speed up the repairs. Finally her refit was finished in December 1984 and
she spent the next eight months becoming fully operational before taking part
in a major exercise codenamed Autumn Train. Later she was a regular member of
the <span class=SpellE>Armilla</span> Patrol in the Persian Gulf escorting
British Merchant ships through the Straits of <span class=SpellE>Hormuz</span>
at the height of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>
war in 1986 - 88.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>By the beginning of the
nineties Scylla was obsolete, and in 1993 she was decommissioned and left to
rust. That would have been the end of the story except for the intervention of
a couple of local divers, Nick <span class=SpellE>Murns</span> and John Busby,
who thought it would be a great idea to bring the Scylla back to her home port
and <span class=GramE>sink</span> her over in <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span
 class=SpellE>Whitsands</span></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType>
near the James Egan Layne so that she would form an artificial reef and add
another diving attraction to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:place></st1:City>.</span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>They formed the
Artificial Reef Consortium and drummed up a lot of support and interest but the
project got bogged down in the inevitable tangle of red tape. In the end the
National Marine Aquarium came on board, and the Scylla was bought with the
assistance of the South West Development Agency for around two hundred thousand
pounds. It took over five years to get all the relevant permissions and to make
the Scylla ready to sink, and it is a testament to the tenacity of the two local
divers and the Aquarium that the project was brought to a successful
conclusion. </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1. Scylla being towed past the Breakwater en-route to her final
destination. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>2. Detonation.</span></b></p>

<p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>At last on the <st1:date
Month="3" Day="27" Year="2004" w:st="on">27 March 2004</st1:date> the Scylla
was towed out of the Dockyard and around <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName
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in the flotilla of small boats and lining the cliffs, was her last Captain, <st1:PersonName
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who had come to say his final farewell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Scylla had
fifty detonators placed around her hull and at around <st1:time Hour="3"
Minute="0" w:st="on">three o'clock</st1:time>, <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName
 w:st="on">David</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Bellamy</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>
the well-known naturalist, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Daniel</st2:GivenName>
 <st2:Sn w:st="on">Green</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>, a twelve-year-old schoolboy
who had won a local competition, jointly pressed the plunger. There was a
massive bang, huge balls of flame, a mass of smoke, and down she went as if
grateful to be doing something useful after all those years of neglect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20six%20big.jpg"><span
style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
 id="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:110.25pt;height:57pt'
 o:button="t">
 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image011.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20six%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=147 height=76
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image012.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1030"><![endif]></span></a><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20nine%20big.jpg"><span
style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
 id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:81pt;height:52.5pt'
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 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image013.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20nine%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=108 height=70
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image014.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1031"><![endif]></span></a><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20seven%20big.jpg"><span
style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
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  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20seven%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=108 height=70
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image016.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1032"><![endif]></span></a><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20eight%20big.jpg"><span
style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
 id="_x0000_i1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:81pt;height:52.5pt'
 o:button="t">
 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image017.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20eight%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=108 height=70
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image018.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1033"><![endif]></span></a><b><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Down she goes.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20eight%20big.jpg"></a>The
Scylla is one wreck you don't need to find as the site is buoyed with a big red
buoy, and the wreck itself has three large yellow buoys stationed at the bow,
middle and stern. No chance of missing it then. So what's it like? Because it
is such a recent wreck the absence of marine life is quite spooky. You normally
take all that for granted so it's a bit lonely down there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20thirteen%20big.jpg"><span
style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
 id="_x0000_i1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:91.5pt;height:107.25pt'
 o:button="t">
 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image019.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20thirteen%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=122 height=143
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image020.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1034"><![endif]></span></a></span><span
lang=EN-GB><a href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20eleven%20big.jpg"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt=""
 style='width:109.5pt;height:114pt' o:button="t">
 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image021.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20eleven%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=146 height=152
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image022.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1035"><![endif]></span></a><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20twelve%20big.jpg"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt=""
 style='width:135pt;height:107.25pt' o:button="t">
 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image023.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20twelve%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=180 height=143
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image024.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1036"><![endif]></span></a></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20ten%20big.jpg"><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
 id="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:108pt;height:107.25pt'
 o:button="t">
 <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image025.jpg"
  o:href="http://www.submerged.co.uk/scylla%20ten%20small.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=144 height=143
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image026.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1037"><![endif]></span></a></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1. The letters have gone.</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>2. <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The
Bow looms beautifully. 3. <span class=GramE>Inside</span> the bridge.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>4. <span class=GramE>On</span> the deck</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Scylla is sitting upright with a small list to starboard
that is getting slightly more pronounced with each passing month. On the first
dives you hardly noticed it, but you will now. This leaning will slow down
though in future months as the boat settles into her <span class=SpellE>silty</span>
berth. The ship has been stripped of just about all its top hamper, funnels,
radar mast, and the gun went years ago when it was converted to missiles. So it
is to the bridge that most people go first but even this only has a few
switches. All the doors have been removed or held open and there are notices
everywhere telling you to be careful and to check your air. From the bridge you
can wander aft along the companionways peering into compartments and examining
various tallies and <span class=GramE>switch</span> boxes that are still
around. There are also a few signatures from the towing crew and some clubs
have stuck up their clubs insignia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>At the stern is the
flight deck and hanger for her helicopter and you can go down and see the
bronze prop shafts partly buried in the mud. If you want to go inside <span
class=GramE>its</span> quite easy as great holes have been cut in the sides to
effect entry and exit points, and its fun to swim in and out of the cabins and
little workshops. However it's worth noting that there are some dead ends that
you <span class=GramE>cant</span> get out of so don't go thinking that you can
suspend your normal caution. There is a nice machine space full of valves and
machinery which was starting to fill up with small fish and I particularly
liked the <st1:place w:st="on">Burma Road</st1:place> as it kinks all over the
place because the sinking team took out several bulkheads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Because it's so new you
almost expect to see someone working as you poke your head into a cabin.
Forward towards the bow it's worth swimming along the top of the deck as there
are all sorts of nooks and crannies and holes going down inside the ship.
Hanging of the bow is great as you can see all of it looming out of the murk
with the anchor chains sweeping down to the seabed. Also a scour has started
around the bow allowing you to see right underneath it. The Scylla is a welcome
addition to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:City></st1:place>'s
sea bed, but it's a great shame that so much was taken from the Scylla, as <span
class=GramE>its</span> robbed her of most of her personality. But as the fish
arrive and the winter storms rearrange her, she will no doubt regain some of
that and become a welcome addition to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:City></st1:place>'s
seabed.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dive Site:
HMS Scylla<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Location: 50°19.655'N; 04°<span class=GramE>15.162'W(</span><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><span class=SpellE>Whitsand</span></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:City></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Description: Frigate<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Length: 113 metres (370 feet)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Depth: 24 metres to sea floor (79 feet)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Visibility: 2 - 14 metres (6 - 45 feet)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Rating: ****<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Scylla Reef is the wreck of F71 HMS Scylla, a Leander-class frigate that
served in the Royal Navy between 1970 and December 2003. During her commission
she performed a variety of roles, from patrols in Icelandic waters during the
second and third 'Cod Wars' to royal escort duties for the Queen's Silver
Jubilee. She also provided humanitarian relief in the <st1:place w:st="on">Cayman
 Islands</st1:place> during 1980 when hurricanes threatened the lives of many
of the inhabitants, before being modified to have <span class=SpellE>Exocet</span>
and <span class=SpellE>SeaWolf</span> missile launchers fitted. After being
decommissioned, she was bought by the National Marine Aquarium and sunk on the
27th of March 2004 in <span class=SpellE>Whitsand</span> bay near Plymouth,
where she now lies creating an artificial reef for divers, the first of its
kind in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>A frigate makes a very large wreck; 113 metres long with a 13 metre
beam, meaning that you will need more than just one dive to truly see
everything she has to offer. Due to the local shipping activities, she has had
her main mast, funnels and sonar dome removed to ensure that there is 4m
between her highest point and the lowest astronomical tide (LAT). However she
is still easy to find as she has a large yellow BSAC buoy permanently attached
to a lazy shot on her bow. There is also a smaller orange buoy that leads just
aft of her bridge and another to the flight deck at the stern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Descending down the main buoy takes you down to the deck of the bow at
11m. This area is pretty flat, allowing plenty of room to run some skills with
some trainees if needs be, and also has what's left of the <span class=SpellE>Exocet</span>
and <span class=SpellE>SeaWolf</span> missile launchers giving plenty to see.
Three mooring chains come from out of the bow and into the gloom, leading down
to the sandy seabed at around 24 metres. The owners of the wreck have created
many large openings into her hull for experienced divers to penetrate deep
inside her, the first of which can be found on the deck. All of the holes are
clearly marked with warning signs, reminding you that this wreck has been sunk
with <span class=GramE>divers</span> interest and safety in mind. This also
means that there are plenty of things to see inside, like the radar control
consoles still with loads of buttons to play with!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Before <span class=GramE>diving</span> the Scylla, I was told that there
was not much life to be seen as she was still a very young wreck. I can tell
you first hand that this is a myth. For a start the outside walls of the hull
are teaming with anemones and sea squirts of a variety of colours
(predominantly orange). Also many of the fish that can be seen on the
neighbouring wreck, the <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">James</st2:GivenName>
 <st2:middlename w:st="on">Egan</st2:middlename> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Layne</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>,
have taken up residence both in and around the Scylla, including wrasse,
pouting, bibs and <span class=SpellE>pollack</span>. If this is what is
described as 'not much life', this reef will look absolutely breathtaking as <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">tim</st1:PersonName>e goes by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>Going back to the deck level, there is the superstructure holding the
bridge in pride of place. The bridge can easily be entered from the sides,
above or even below! Behind this lies the area where the main mast and funnel
used to be, followed by the aircraft hangar. Again this has all been made very
accessible to divers from both outside and within the wreck. The only area that
is not accessible underwater is the engine rooms, which have been filled with
concrete in the interest of safety of divers. However, this wreck offers so
much else to see, that not seeing the engines will not spoil your dive. I
definitely look forward to <span class=GramE>diving</span> this wreck again and
am interested to see how she will change over the next few years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HMS Scylla<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I was really looking
forward to <span class=GramE>diving</span> the <i>Scylla</i>. She is a
decommissioned <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>leander</span></span> class
frigate of the Royal Navy, sank in 2004 - not by torpedo or mine, but by <st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">David</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Bellamy</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>
and a shed-load of explosives. She is the first Artificial Reef in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
sunk on purpose to attract marine colonization and provide an 'adventure
playground' for divers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
It was strange diving on something so clean and polished - even though there
are signs of life already adhering to the metal skin of the ship, it is still
clean enough to almost glow underwater. We dropped onto the foredeck, and first
investigated the wave breaker on the front, before dropping down one of the
sides. The ship is listing to starboard, and I felt quite uneasy about swimming
along the starboard side - it feels like the ship is toppling over. There are
loads and loads of swim <span class=SpellE>throughs</span>. Some were cut into
the ship before she sunk, and others were created by the charges which punched
holes in the hull to let the water in. These tend to be a bit ragged, so
caution is needed. The swim <span class=SpellE>throughs</span> can lead down
corridors in the ship, but in general there is always an exit near by. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
We found the heads and took the opportunity to 'sit' on the toilet. Always
worth checking for Conger Eels which find the u-bend to be an ideal hidey place
first! We finned to the back of the ship and investigated the helicopter hangar
there. On the walls are the old flight warning stickers and various electronics
and cabling. I was surprised how much equipment was left behind. I'll be even
less surprised to see most of missing by next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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  style='font-size:13.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:#BC0021;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>SMASHING TIME</span></b><span
  lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
  EN-GB'><br>
  </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
  mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Her pennant number was F71. She was launched from
  Devonport Dockyard on <st1:date Month="8" Day="8" Year="1968" w:st="on">8
   August, 1968</st1:date>, 2500 tons of broad-beam Leander-class frigate and
  the <span class=SpellE>the</span> fourth warship to be christened HMS Scylla
  since 1809, writes <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Kendall</st2:GivenName>
   <st2:Sn w:st="on">McDonald</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>.<br>
  <br>
  On <st1:date Month="2" Day="14" Year="1970" w:st="on">14 February 1970</st1:date>
  she joined the Western Fleet in the Med with her 263 crew, reaching her top
  speed of 28 knots from her 30,000hp geared-turbine engines in trials near <st1:place
  w:st="on">Gibraltar</st1:place>. She carried <span class=SpellE>Seacat</span>
  missiles, a Lynx helicopter and 4.5in guns.<br>
  <br>
  In 1971 she joined the Far East Fleet in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>,
  <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
  w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> and Hong Kong and then the <span
  class=SpellE>Beria</span> Patrol, returning to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
   w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:City></st1:place> in February 1972. In January 1973
  she collided with the <span class=SpellE>Torpoint</span>-Devonport ferry in
  fog. No one was injured but her captain was court-martialled and found
  negligent.<br>
  <br>
  Playing bumper cars with Icelandic fisheries vessels in the Cod War of
  1972-1976, Scylla <span class=SpellE>earnt</span> a reputation as the
  toughest RN fishery protection warship. In June 1973 she was accused of
  helping two British trawlers to ram the Icelandic gunboat <span class=SpellE>Arhakur</span>.
  <br>
  <br>
  Scylla claimed merely to have stood by. Six days later, however, she did take
  positive action after being rammed by the gunboat <st2:Sn w:st="on"><span
   class=SpellE>Aegir</span></st2:Sn>. She rammed much harder back and the
  gunboat limped away.<br>
  <br>
  Scylla later seemed to be everywhere - entertaining US <st1:PersonName w:st="on">President
   <st2:GivenName w:st="on">Jimmy</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Carter</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>
  aboard off the Leeward Islands, in the Channel to scatter the ashes of <st1:PlaceName
  w:st="on">Cruel</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Sea</st1:PlaceType>
  author <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Nicholas</st2:GivenName>
   <st2:Sn w:st="on">Montserrat</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName> and, in 1980, helping
  the vic<st1:PersonName w:st="on">tim</st1:PersonName>s of Hurricane Allen in
  the <st1:place w:st="on">Cayman islands</st1:place>. In 1986 she was on Gulf
  Patrol duty and in 1992 was given the freedom of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
   w:st="on">Aberdeen</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
  <br>
  December 1993 saw Scylla paid off. And on <st1:date Month="3" Day="27"
  Year="2004" w:st="on">27 March 2004</st1:date>, the 372ft frigate, with a
  beam of 43ft and drawing 19ft, was &quot;placed&quot; on the seabed in 21m in
  <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span class=SpellE>Whitsand</span></st1:PlaceName>
   <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> - not far from
  Devonport.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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class=GramE><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>appeared</span></b></span><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'> in DIVER June 2004</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=191 height=29
src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image027.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1044"><![endif]><br
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src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image028.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1038"><![endif]><br>
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src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image030.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1039"><![endif]></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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    src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image031.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1040"><![endif]><span
    style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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    <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB
    style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s newest wreck sinking
    successfully and on <st1:PersonName w:st="on">tim</st1:PersonName>e on 27
    March, we had to fit a tour of the <i>Scylla</i> into the schedule as soon
    as possible. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What with the London International Dive Show and a
    spell of bad weather, it was almost two weeks before I managed, on Good
    Friday, to get to the <i>Scylla</i> with Plymouth Diving Centre. Every dive
    boat from Plymouth seemed to be on the wreck, though by fortuitous <st1:PersonName
    w:st="on">tim</st1:PersonName>ing most were just finishing and I saw only a
    few other divers under water. Nearby, one boat was taking advantage of an
    empty <i>James Eagan Layne</i> on a bank holiday - that must have been a
    first!<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are three marker buoys on the Scylla, at the
    bow, the stern and on the superstructure, the bow being furthest to the
    south-west. Descending the bow buoy at low water, the chain dips over the
    side of the wreck before looping up and across to a shackle screwed into
    the centre of the deck <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(1)</span></strong>.
    There is a just-perceptible slope to starboard, which is apparently what
    the National Marine Aquarium (NMA) was aiming for.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the bow <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(2)</span></strong>,
    three heavy chains lead out to the moorings that held the Scylla in place
    as it sank. One runs through the anchor hawse pipe on either side; the
    other through the tip of the bow. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; While much of the <i>Scylla</i> still displays the
    remnants of the original Royal Navy grey paintwork, with patches of rust
    showing through, the railings have what looks like a fresh coat of silver
    primer. Also notable are the rounded edges to the deck, designed to shed
    water on a ship that could hold station in the roughest seas with deck
    awash.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Heading back from the bow past three pairs of
    bollards, the area of deck that would have held the anchor capstans has
    been cut open to leave a wide hole down into the forecastle <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(3)</span></strong>. Bolted to the deck beside it are
    bright yellow warning signs about the dangers of entering a wreck, and
    reminding divers that they enter at their own risk.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Further back, the bow deck slopes down to the main
    deck rather than stepping down, as one would encounter on most merchant
    ships. Meanwhile, on the centre line a raised section <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(4)</span></strong> used to be the mounting for a Sea
    Wolf missile system. Now there is a square plate welded to the deck with
    five sections of steel pipe splayed upwards from it - the mounting for the
    pyrotechnic display when the Scylla was sunk.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Either side of the Sea Wolf platform are pairs of
    latticed square channels<strong><span style='color:#BC0021'> (5)</span></strong>.
    These are the mountings for <span class=SpellE>Exocet</span> anti-ship
    missiles in their square-section launch containers.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next part of our route <span class=SpellE>zig-zags</span>
    up and down a bit. I wouldn't expect a diver to follow a route this
    literally, but it is a more convenient way to describe features of the
    wreck than spiralling round it.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the top of the superstructure is the wheelhouse
    <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(6)</span></strong>. This can be
    entered through the open windows, through a hole cut in the roof, or from
    the corridor behind it via the open hatch to the bridge wing on either
    side.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The inside has been largely cleared out. While the
    NMA has left a lot of the fittings and equipment in place throughout the
    Scylla, the wheelhouse would have been too crowded for divers had everything
    been <span class=GramE>left.</span> <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still remaining <span class=GramE>are</span> the
    steering binnacle, though without compass or wheel, and the chart table
    against the rear bulkhead. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Behind the wheelhouse, a wide compartment leads
    back to a big hole cut in the roof just forward of the stump of the main
    mast<strong><span style='color:#BC0021'> (7)</span></strong>, with a wire
    ladder hanging from it. Just behind this is another of those square plates
    with five sections of splayed steel piping,<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Below the wheelhouse, another open hatch <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(8)</span></strong> leads into an area of cabins.
    Somewhere around here is the captain's cabin, and a safe in which the
    dockyard workers left some glossy entertainment for the hardcore technical
    divers. I looked but couldn't find it - I am obviously just a lightweight <span
    class=SpellE>tekkie</span>.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Below the main deck here are plenty of holes cut
    in the side of the hull; many more holes than can possibly be explored on a
    single dive. One deck down and just aft of the wheelhouse, a pair of holes <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(9)</span></strong> lead in to compartments full of
    radar and sonar plotting consoles, circular displays and big buttons all
    over them. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Back on top of the superstructure, the base of a
    pedestal with a solid surround <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(10)</span></strong>
    was, I suspect, the mounting for a light anti-aircraft gun. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the centre of the superstructure, the funnel
    has been cut right down <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(11)</span></strong>
    to leave a raised outline on the deck and a hole blocked by thick gratings.
    Either side of this are wedges on the deck to support the ship's boats <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(12)</span></strong>.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Just aft of the boat mounts, another pedestal base
    and solid surround is identifiable from photographs as the base for a <span
    class=SpellE>chaffe</span> launcher <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(13)</span></strong>
    - rockets that would launch clouds of aluminium foil to confuse enemy
    radar. These are followed by more wedges on the deck from a smaller boat or
    life-raft <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(14)</span></strong>.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The rear part of the superstructure is dominated
    by the helicopter hangar, two decks high and spanning almost the entire
    width of the ship. From the superstructure, the simplest way in is through
    a hole cut in the roof <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(15)</span></strong>.
    <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inside it is big, much bigger than the seaplane
    hangar on the M2 submarine. Even so, there can't have been much elbow room
    with a Lynx helicopter inside. On the walls are equipment racks, control
    panels and, with the proximity of aviation fuel, lots of fire-fighting
    equipment.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exit is easy through the open hangar door <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(16)</span></strong> onto the flight deck. On either
    side the railings that surround the rest of the ship give way to hinge-out
    sections of netting. In the centre, a white ring <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(17)</span></strong> still marks the landing target,
    now occupied by the last of the square plates with steel pipe for the
    fireworks.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The stern is asymmetric. The flight deck extends
    all the way along the starboard side, while the port side drops down one
    deck level <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(18)</span></strong>. In the
    centre are two more holes cut in the deck to provide access to the
    compartments below.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is more than enough for an hour-long dive, so
    our tour ends ascending the buoy at the stern. A grey galvanised chain lies
    across a grey painted deck, so the buoy line<strong><span style='color:
    #BC0021'> (19)</span></strong> is not easy to spot.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Save for a few diversions inside, our tour has
    covered a beginner's dive on the wreck. A 2500 ton frigate is much more
    complicated to explore than a similar-sized merchant ship. There are many
    more compartments open to divers through the superstructure, then three
    levels of decks below the main deck accessible through holes cut in the
    side of the hull <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(20)</span></strong>. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My only regret is that, in the interest of safety
    and, critically, liability, the engine room has been sealed off by filling
    it with concrete <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(21)</span></strong>.
    That's a shame, as Leander-class frigates were the Navy's last traditional
    steam-powered warships.<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
    </td>
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    <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB
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    src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image031.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1041"><![endif]><span
    style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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    <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB
    style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
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     <v:imagedata src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image032.jpg"
      o:href="http://www.divernet.com/wrecks/pics/0604scylla2.jpg"/>
    </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=218 height=138
    src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image032.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1042"><![endif]><br>
    A mooring chain disappears down a <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB
    style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>hawse-pipe<br>
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    src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image033.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1043"><![endif]><br>
    Consoles in the operations room<br>
    <br>
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    Warning signs are bolted on prominently <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB
    style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>near most openings into the
    wreck<br>
    <br>
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    Steel tubes used for the pyrotechnics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB
    style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>display when the Scylla was sunk<br>
    <br>
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    </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=225 height=185
    src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image036.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1047"><![endif]><br>
    Fire-hose reel in the helicopter hangar<br>
    <br>
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    Spotlight on the bridge wing<br>
    <br>
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    src="SportDivingWreck_Scylla_HMS_(Plymouth)_files/image038.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1049"><![endif]><br>
    Inside the wheelhouse<br>
    <br>
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    <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB
    style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>With the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s newest wreck sinking
    successfully and on <st1:PersonName w:st="on">tim</st1:PersonName>e on 27
    March, we had to fit a tour of the <i>Scylla</i> into the schedule as soon
    as possible. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What with the London International Dive Show and a
    spell of bad weather, it was almost two weeks before I managed, on Good
    Friday, to get to the <i>Scylla</i> with Plymouth Diving Centre. Every dive
    boat from Plymouth seemed to be on the wreck, though by fortuitous <st1:PersonName
    w:st="on">tim</st1:PersonName>ing most were just finishing and I saw only a
    few other divers under water. Nearby, one boat was taking advantage of an
    empty <i>James Eagan Layne</i> on a bank holiday - that must have been a
    first!<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are three marker buoys on the Scylla, at the
    bow, the stern and on the superstructure, the bow being furthest to the
    south-west. Descending the bow buoy at low water, the chain dips over the
    side of the wreck before looping up and across to a shackle screwed into
    the centre of the deck <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(1)</span></strong>.
    There is a just-perceptible slope to starboard, which is apparently what
    the National Marine Aquarium (NMA) was aiming for.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the bow <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(2)</span></strong>,
    three heavy chains lead out to the moorings that held the Scylla in place
    as it sank. One runs through the anchor hawse pipe on either side; the
    other through the tip of the bow. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; While much of the <i>Scylla</i> still displays the
    remnants of the original Royal Navy grey paintwork, with patches of rust
    showing through, the railings have what looks like a fresh coat of silver
    primer. Also notable are the rounded edges to the deck, designed to shed
    water on a ship that could hold station in the roughest seas with deck
    awash.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Heading back from the bow past three pairs of
    bollards, the area of deck that would have held the anchor capstans has
    been cut open to leave a wide hole down into the forecastle <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(3)</span></strong>. Bolted to the deck beside it are
    bright yellow warning signs about the dangers of entering a wreck, and
    reminding divers that they enter at their own risk.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Further back, the bow deck slopes down to the main
    deck rather than stepping down, as one would encounter on most merchant
    ships. Meanwhile, on the centre line a raised section <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(4)</span></strong> used to be the mounting for a Sea
    Wolf missile system. Now there is a square plate welded to the deck with
    five sections of steel pipe splayed upwards from it - the mounting for the
    pyrotechnic display when the Scylla was sunk.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Either side of the Sea Wolf platform are pairs of
    latticed square channels<strong><span style='color:#BC0021'> (5)</span></strong>.
    These are the mountings for <span class=SpellE>Exocet</span> anti-ship
    missiles in their square-section launch containers.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The next part of our route <span class=SpellE>zig-zags</span>
    up and down a bit. I wouldn't expect a diver to follow a route this
    literally, but it is a more convenient way to describe features of the
    wreck than spiralling round it.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the top of the superstructure is the wheelhouse
    <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(6)</span></strong>. This can be
    entered through the open windows, through a hole cut in the roof, or from
    the corridor behind it via the open hatch to the bridge wing on either
    side.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The inside has been largely cleared out. While the
    NMA has left a lot of the fittings and equipment in place throughout the
    Scylla, the wheelhouse would have been too crowded for divers had everything
    been <span class=GramE>left.</span> <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still remaining <span class=GramE>are</span> the
    steering binnacle, though without compass or wheel, and the chart table
    against the rear bulkhead. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Behind the wheelhouse, a wide compartment leads
    back to a big hole cut in the roof just forward of the stump of the main
    mast<strong><span style='color:#BC0021'> (7)</span></strong>, with a wire
    ladder hanging from it. Just behind this is another of those square plates
    with five sections of splayed steel piping,<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Below the wheelhouse, another open hatch <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(8)</span></strong> leads into an area of cabins.
    Somewhere around here is the captain's cabin, and a safe in which the
    dockyard workers left some glossy entertainment for the hardcore technical
    divers. I looked but couldn't find it - I am obviously just a lightweight <span
    class=SpellE>tekkie</span>.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Below the main deck here are plenty of holes cut
    in the side of the hull; many more holes than can possibly be explored on a
    single dive. One deck down and just aft of the wheelhouse, a pair of holes <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(9)</span></strong> lead in to compartments full of
    radar and sonar plotting consoles, circular displays and big buttons all
    over them. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Back on top of the superstructure, the base of a
    pedestal with a solid surround <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(10)</span></strong>
    was, I suspect, the mounting for a light anti-aircraft gun. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the centre of the superstructure, the funnel
    has been cut right down <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(11)</span></strong>
    to leave a raised outline on the deck and a hole blocked by thick gratings.
    Either side of this are wedges on the deck to support the ship's boats <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(12)</span></strong>.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Just aft of the boat mounts, another pedestal base
    and solid surround is identifiable from photographs as the base for a <span
    class=SpellE>chaffe</span> launcher <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(13)</span></strong>
    - rockets that would launch clouds of aluminium foil to confuse enemy
    radar. These are followed by more wedges on the deck from a smaller boat or
    life-raft <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(14)</span></strong>.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The rear part of the superstructure is dominated
    by the helicopter hangar, two decks high and spanning almost the entire
    width of the ship. From the superstructure, the simplest way in is through
    a hole cut in the roof <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(15)</span></strong>.
    <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inside it is big, much bigger than the seaplane
    hangar on the M2 submarine. Even so, there can't have been much elbow room
    with a Lynx helicopter inside. On the walls are equipment racks, control
    panels and, with the proximity of aviation fuel, lots of fire-fighting
    equipment.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exit is easy through the open hangar door <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(16)</span></strong> onto the flight deck. On either
    side the railings that surround the rest of the ship give way to hinge-out
    sections of netting. In the centre, a white ring <strong><span
    style='color:#BC0021'>(17)</span></strong> still marks the landing target,
    now occupied by the last of the square plates with steel pipe for the
    fireworks.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The stern is asymmetric. The flight deck extends
    all the way along the starboard side, while the port side drops down one
    deck level <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(18)</span></strong>. In the
    centre are two more holes cut in the deck to provide access to the
    compartments below.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is more than enough for an hour-long dive, so
    our tour ends ascending the buoy at the stern. A grey galvanised chain lies
    across a grey painted deck, so the buoy line<strong><span style='color:
    #BC0021'> (19)</span></strong> is not easy to spot.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Save for a few diversions inside, our tour has
    covered a beginner's dive on the wreck. A 2500 ton frigate is much more
    complicated to explore than a similar-sized merchant ship. There are many
    more compartments open to divers through the superstructure, then three
    levels of decks below the main deck accessible through holes cut in the
    side of the hull <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(20)</span></strong>. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My only regret is that, in the interest of safety
    and, critically, liability, the engine room has been sealed off by filling
    it with concrete <strong><span style='color:#BC0021'>(21)</span></strong>.
    That's a shame, as Leander-class frigates were the Navy's last traditional
    steam-powered warships.<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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    Consoles in the operations room<br>
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    Warning signs are bolted on prominently <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    Steel tubes used for the pyrotechnics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    Fire-hose reel in the helicopter hangar<br>
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    Spotlight on the bridge wing<br>
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    Inside the wheelhouse<br>
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    Fire sprinkler behind the helicopter deck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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