Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P217

HMS Sibyl (P217)

S-class submarine

HMS Sibyl (P217)
Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19022 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P217 HMSM SIBYL underway

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Sibyl16 August 1942 — 19481,113 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Sibyl
Pennant / hull number
P217
Builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Ordered
4 April 1940
Laid down
31 December 1940
Launched
29 April 1942
Commissioned
16 August 1942
Fate
Broken up, 1948 (1948)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
865 long tons (879 t)
Displacement, submerged
990 long tons (1,006 t)
Length
66.14 m (217 ft)
Beam
7.01 m (23 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
Range
6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement
48
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

HMS Sibyl was a S-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P217. Cammell Laird, Birkenhead laid her keel on 31 December 1940. She entered service on 16 August 1942, having been launched on 29 April 1942.

111 ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 865 long tons surfaced and 990 long tons submerged. She measured 66.1 m (217 ft) long with a beam of 7.0 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.

Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,900 bhp.

She was in commission for 1,113 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1948.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 1900 bhp (diesel)
  • 1300 hp (electric)
Armament
  • 7 × 21 in torpedo tubes (6 × bow, 1 × stern)
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) deck gun
  • 1 × 20 mm AA gun

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Sibyl (P217) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool — This photograph FL 19022 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons