Sibyl (P 217)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Troon March 1948 |
Commanders
| 1942: | Lieutenant Ernest John Donaldson Turner DSO DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Philip Henry May MID |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Huston Roe Murray |
| 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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