HMS Sibyl (P217)
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 HMS Sibyl |
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| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Sibyl |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 31 December 1940 |
| Launched: | April 29, 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 16 August 1942 |
| Fate: | broken up 1948 |
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| Displacement: | 814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged |
| Length: | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 48 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun |
HMS Sibyl was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on April 29, 1942.
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[edit] Career
She spent her wartime career in the Mediterranean, and in the Far East.
[edit] Mediterranean
Sibyl had a distinguished career, sinking numerous enemy ships, including the Italian merchant Pegli, the French (in German service) merchant St.Nazaire, the German auxiliary minesweeper M 7022/Hummer, five Greek sailing vessels and an unknown sailing vessel. She also unsuccessfully attacked the Italian merchant Fabriano, the German tanker Centaur and what is identified as 'a merchant of about 1500 tons' in a German convoy.
[edit] Far East
On being transferred to operate in the Pacific in early 1945, Sibyl continued to cause losses to enemy shipping. She sank five Japanese sailing vessels and eleven other small Japanese vessels.[1]
[edit] Post war
Sibyl survived the Second World War, and was sold off, arriving at Troon in March 1948 for breaking up.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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