| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | P 229 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 14 Oct 1940 |
| Laid down | 1 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 17 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 21 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Loaned to the French Navy in 1951 and renamed Sybille. Sunk in the Mediterranean some 40 miles east of Toulon on 23 September 1952. The entire crew of 47 officers and men went down with the ship. |
| Former name | P 79 |
Commands listed for HMS Sportsman (P 229)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Richard Gatehouse, DSC, RN | 23 Sep 1942 | 30 Aug 1944 | |
| 2 | Lt. Peter Langley Langley-Smith, RN | 30 Aug 1944 | 7 Oct 1944 | |
| 3 | Lt. Anthony Arthur Catlow, RN | 7 Oct 1944 | ??? | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Norman Limbury Auchinleck Jewell, DSC, RN | 30 Jun 1945 | Oct 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Sportsman include:
19 May 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French passenger ship Général Bonaparte (2795 GRT) off Nice, southern France in position 43º01'N, 07º40'E. (see map)
26 May 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) fires 6 torpedoes at the French tanker Marguerite Finaly (12309 GRT) off southern France in position 42º53'N, 06º08'E. The torpedoes however miss the target. (see map)
29 Jun 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolzaneto (2220 GRT) 10 nautical miles bearing 270 of La Spezia, Italy.
1 Jul 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) attacks a landing craft with gunfire in the Ligurian Sea off Porto Maurizio. The attack had to be broken off because the gun jammed.
6 Sep 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian fishing vessels Angiolina P (39 GRT) and Maria Luisa B (37 GRT) with gunfire in the port of Aléria, Corsica, France.
28 Sep 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian sailing vessel Angiolina (39 GRT) off Corsica.
15 Nov 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire between Naxos and Mykonos, Greece.
19 Dec 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Lemnos Island, Greece.
21 Dec 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) attacks and damages the Greek sailing vessel Spiridon with gunfire south of Lemnos island.
23 Dec 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Bulgarian troop transport Balkan (3838 GRT) south of Moudros, Lemnos Island, Greece in position 39º44'N, 25º16'E. (see map)
8 Feb 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German transport Petrella (former French Aveyron, 4785 GRT) north of Suda Bay, Crete in position 35º32'N, 24º18'E. 2670 out of 3173 Italian POWs who were aboard Petrella where killed. The German guards did not open the POW rooms and fired at them while they tried to break out. (see map)
28 Mar 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the small German tanker MT 3/Vienna (425 GRT) off Monemvassia, Greece.
31 Mar 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German sailing vessel Grauer Ort (212 GRT) off Cape Maleas, Greece.
28 Apr 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Lüneburg (5809 GRT, former Greek Constantin Louloudis) north of Iraklion, Crete, Greece in position 35º26'N, 25º07'E. (see map)