French submarine Sibylle (Q175)
Service
- as Sibylle22 December 1934 — 8 November 19421,164 days of the war
- Name
- Sibylle
- Pennant / hull number
- Q175
- Namesake
- Sibyl, a prophetess or oracle in Ancient Greece
- Builder
- Chantiers Worms le Trait, Rouen, France
- Laid down
- 10 January 1931
- Launched
- 28 January 1933
- Commissioned
- 22 December 1934
- Fate
- Missing 8 November 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 571 long tons (580 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 809 long tons (822 t)
- Length
- 64.4 m (211.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Sibylle was a Diane-class submarine of the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number Q175. The ship was named after Sibyl. Chantiers Worms le Trait, Rouen, France laid her keel on 10 January 1931. Launched on 28 January 1933, she entered service on 22 December 1934.
Nine ships of the class were built. The class followed the 600 Series submarines and was succeeded by the Orion-class submarine.
The boat displaced 571 long tons surfaced and 809 long tons submerged. She measured 64.4 m (211 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3.0 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 1,164 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 1 × diesel engine
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 1400 bhp (diesel)
- 1000 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 76 mm deck gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French submarine Sibylle (Q175) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse. Agence photographique (commanditaire) — Bibliothèque nationale de France — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons