Allied Warships
HMS Sibyl (P 217)
Submarine of the S class
HMS Sibyl as seen in 1945 (photograph with thanks to M. Caswell)
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | P 217 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 4 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 31 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 29 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 Aug 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped in March 1948. |
| Former name | P 67 |
Commands listed for HMS Sibyl (P 217)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Ernest John Donaldson Turner, DSC, RN | Jun 1942 | 3 Jul 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Huston Roe Murray, RN | 3 Jul 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Sibyl include:
14 Mar 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pegli (1595 GRT) 6 nautical miles bearing 270 of Cape Gallo, Sicily, Italy in position 38º14'N, 13º13'E. (see map)
11 Apr 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSC, RN) fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Fabriano (2943 GRT, former French Mayenne) about 10 nautical miles north-north-west of Punta Raisi, Sicily, Italy in position 38º19'N, 13º00'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target. (see map)
22 Sep 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) fires four torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of about 1500 GRT in a German convoy some 5 nautical miles south of Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy in position 44º11'N, 09º24'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
(see map)
23 Sep 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French (in German service) merchant St.Nazaire (2910 GRT) about 8 nautical miles west of Sestri Levante, Italy in position 44º13'N, 09º13'E. (see map)
30 Sep 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary minesweeper M 7022/Hummer (278 GRT, former French Auguste Denise) about 12 nautical miles north-east of Bastia, Corsica, France in position 42º49'N, 09º40'E. (see map)
15 Nov 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Trias with gunfire off Mitylene, Greece.
19 Nov 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.
20 Nov 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.
21 Nov 1943
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.
8 Jan 1944
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Taxiachos (32 GRT) with gunfire off Cape Baba, Turkey.
9 Jan 1944
HMS Sibyl (Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Baba Burnu, Turkey.
8 Feb 1944
HMS Sibyl (Lt. P.S. Beale, RN) fires two torpedoes against the German tanker Centaur (1267 GRT) off Crete in position 34º40'N, 25º00'E. Both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
8 May 1945
Between 8 May 1945 and 31 May 1945 HMS Sibyl (Lt. H.R. Murray, RN) sinks five Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges in the Malacca Strait.
10 Jul 1945
HMS Sibyl (Lt. H.R. Murray, RN) sinks 11 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Stait of Malacca.