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History |
France |
Name: |
La Sybille |
Launched: |
28 January 1932 |
Fate: |
Sunk, 8 November 1942 |
General characteristics |
Class and type: |
Diane-class submarine |
Displacement: |
- 661 tonnes (651 long tons) surfaced
- 820 tonnes (807 long tons) submerged
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Length: |
64.4 m (211 ft 3 in) overall |
Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Draft: |
4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
Installed power: |
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Propulsion: |
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Speed: |
- 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
- 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
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Range: |
- 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
- 82 nmi (152 km; 94 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
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Crew: |
41 |
Armament: |
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La Sybille was one of nine Diane-class submarines built for the French Navy during the 1930s. She was sunk by Allied forces during Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa in 1942.
Design and description
The Diane-class submarines were improved versions of the earlier Argonaute class. They displaced 661 tonnes (651 long tons) surfaced and 820 tonnes (807 long tons) submerged. The submarines were 64.4 meters (211 ft 3 in) long, had a beam of 6.2 meters (20 ft 4 in) and a draft of 4.3 meters (14 ft 1 in).[1]
For surface running, the boats were powered by two 700-brake-horsepower (522 kW) diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 500-horsepower (373 kW) electric motor. They could reach 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) on the surface and 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) underwater.[2] On the surface, the Dianes had a range of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); submerged, they had a range of 82 nmi (152 km; 94 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).[1]
The boats were armed with six 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in) and a pair of 40-centimeter (15.7 in) torpedo tubes. Three of the former were mounted in the bow internally, two were external amidships and one was external in the stern. The 40 cm tubes were aft and were also external; all of the external mounts could traverse. They carried a total of nine torpedoes. The Diane class were also armed with a single 3-centimeter (1.2 in) deck gun.[1]
Construction and career
The boat was launched on 28 January 1932. La Sybille was sunk by Allied forces off Casablanca on 8 November 1942.[3]
References
- Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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Shipwrecks |
- 2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard
- 4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132
- 5 Nov: U-408
- 6 Nov: City of Cairo
- 7 Nov: Donbass, Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba
- 8 Nov: Albatros, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, Milan, Primauguet, Surprise, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw
- 9 Nov: HMS Cromer, USS Leedstown, Typhon
- 10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse
- 11 Nov: USS Joseph Hewes, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India
- 12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660
- 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, HNLMS Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi
- 14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, U-595, U-605
- 15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke
- 16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173
- 17 Nov: U-331
- 18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange
- 19 Nov: USS YP-26
- 20 Nov: Prins Harald
- 21 Nov: U-517
- 24 Nov: Hayashio
- 25 Nov: HMS Utmost
- 27 Nov: Aigle, Algérie, Bordelais, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Foch, Foudroyant, Gerfaut, Guépard, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, La Galissonnière, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Panthère, Provence, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vénus, Verdun
- 28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker
- 29 Nov: Dunedin Star
- 30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark
- Unknown date: La Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184
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Other incidents | |
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