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British Submarine HMS Sibyl
"Of
all the branches of men in the Forces, there is none which shows more devotion
and faces grimmer perils than the submariner.
Great deeds are done in the air
and on the land; nevertheless, nothing surpasses your exploits." Winston
Churchill.
"Only in attack does a submarine reveal herself, before creeping away to the concealment of the deep"
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I received several images of HMS Sibyl. I checked up on a listing of British Submarines on http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/britsublist.html and Sibyl is listed thus: Special Ops. Sometimes referred to as Sybil(?). Commanded by Lt. E.J.D. Turner, DSC, sailed 8-Nov-42 for a rendezvous on the south coast of France. Picked up seven staff officers and officials, including one woman, of General Giraud's staff. Took them to Algiers on 11-Nov. See also Seraph. Later in Eastern Fleet (Lt. H.R. Murray). An S3 class, pennant number P217; crew of 48. Launched at Cammell Laird Birkenhead on 1 April 1942 and ended her life as scrap on 1 Mar 1948. |
Ship sunk by
gunfire from HMS Sibyl in the Malacca Straits. The Straits were a particularly
dangerous place for submarines, shallow waters and heavily patrolled
as it was one of the main sea lanes down towards Singapore
Manning the machine gun - Sibyl
Manning the Main Gun
Sibyl at Sea
Sybil leaving harbour (or entering!)
Sybil in 1945
HMS Sybil on the River Mersey 1. Cammell
Laird 2. Birkenhead Town Hall
3. Hamilton Square Underground Station 4. Woodside Steam Terminal. Woodside
Ferry is slightly off to the right of the image.
This image was taken from the region of Albert Dock, Liverpool.
HMS Sybil in dock
The painted symbol on the conning
tower of HMS Sybil
Left the original and right, censored
Note: two hats – the number 3 has no hat badge; bushy haired guy under gun barrel seems to have beard; the distance of the shore line is also in sync. No 6 possibly photographer; note 7 people in each photo, only 6 semi-clad in second. The second pic was taken by either of the number 6 guys whilst the first was taken by the bloke fully clothed. Mike Caswell Jan 2009
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