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HMS Charybdis (88)
HMS ''Charybdis'' was a of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War and was sunk with heavy loss of life by German torpedo boats in an action in the English Channel in October 1943.
==Design and construction==
''Charybdis'' was intended to fulfill a primarily anti-aircraft role and was designed with a primary armament of ten QF 5.25 inch guns. This gun had also been selected as the secondary armament for the battleships also under construction at this time. Delays in the delivery of the turrets, prioritised for the battleships after the outbreak of the Second World War, resulted in several of the ''Dido'' class being fitted with different primary armament. ''Charybdis'' and another ''Dido''-class cruiser, , were armed with four twin QF 4.5 in Mk.III guns instead of the 5.25 inch guns. These 4.5 inch guns had originally been intended for the s as part of an upgrade programme. ''Scylla'' and ''Charybdis''s armament put them on a par with the destroyers for surface action, but with much superior high angle capability.〔 ''Charybdis'' differed from ''Scylla'' in having a single QF 4 inch Mk V gun mounted. Her armament changed during her time in service, with the 4 inch Mk V gun removed in an early 1943 refit and ten 20 mm guns added.〔 As originally fitted, ''Charybdis'' also had eight QF 2 pounder guns arranged in two quadruple mountings, and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged above water in two triple banks.〔
Like the other ships of the class, ''Charybdis'' was named after a character in Greek mythology. Charybdis is the name of a sea monster, usually mentioned alongside Scylla, the name given to another ''Dido''-class ship, in the idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis". She was laid down at the yards of Cammell Laird at Birkenhead on 9 November 1939, and launched on 17 September 1940.〔 After fitting out and undergoing trials, she was completed for service on 3 December 1941.〔
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