Sibyl (P 217)

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Sibyl (P 217)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Scrapped Troon March 1948

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Commanders

1942:	Lieutenant	Ernest John Donaldson Turner	DSO DSC
1944:	Lieutenant	Philip Henry May	MID
1944:	Lieutenant	Huston Roe Murray
1944:	Lieutenant	Ernest John Donaldson Turner	DSO DSC
1944:	Lieutenant	Peter Scott Beal

Ex P67

1942-1943: Mediterranean.
1944-1945: Indian Ocean.

Events

31-12-1940	Laid Down

29-04-1942	Launched

16-08-1942	Completed

14-03-1943	HMS Sibyl torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pegli 6 nautical miles off Cape Gallo, Sicily.

11-04-1943	HMS Sibyl fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Fabriano about 10 nautical miles north-north-west of Punta Raisi, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes missed their target.

22-09-1943	HMS Sibyl fires four torpedoes against a merchant in a German convoy some 5 nautical miles south of Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy. All torpedoes missed their target.

23-09-1943	HMS Sibyl torpedoes and sinks the French (in German service) merchant St.Nazaire about 8 nautical miles west of Sestri Levante, Italy.

30-09-1943	HMS Sibyl torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary minesweeper M 7022/Hummer about 12 nautical miles north-east of Bastia, Corsica, France.

15-11-1943	HMS Sibyl sinks the Greek sailing vessel Trias with gunfire off Mitylene, Greece.

19-11-1943	HMS Sibyl sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.

20-11-1943	HMS Sibyl sinks two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.

21-11-1943	HMS Sibyl sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.

08-01-1944	HMS Sibyl sinks the Greek sailing vessel Taxiachos with gunfire off Cape Baba, Turkey.

09-01-1944	HMS Sibyl sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Baba Burnu, Turkey.

08-02-1944	HMS Sibyl fires two torpedoes against the German tanker Centaur off Crete. Both torpedoes missed their target.

08-05-1945	Between 8 May 1945 and 31 May 1945 HMS Sibyl sinks five Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges in the Malacca Strait.

10-07-1945	HMS Sibyl sinks 11 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Stait of Malacca.

12-09-1945	HMS Sibyl was the first British submarine to surface in Singapore harbour at the surrender of the Japanese.

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Length overall	217 ft
Beam	23 ft 6 inch
Depth	11 ft
Diving Depth	350 ft
Speed	Surface 15 knots (design)
	Surface 14.75 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Endurance	Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design)
Armament (i)	6 x 21 inch bow tubes
	1 21 inch stern tube
	(13 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 3 inch gun
	3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
	1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon
Complement	5 Officers and 43 Ratings
Note	The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.

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