French submarine Sibylle (Q175)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sibylle.
Sibylle (Q175) was a Diane-class submarine of the French Navy commissioned in 1934. During World War II, she operated on the Allied side until 1940, when she became part of the naval forces of Vichy France. She disappeared during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa, in November 1942.
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Name | Sibylle |
Namesake | Sibyl, a prophetess or oracle in Ancient Greece |
Builder | Chantiers Worms le Trait, Rouen, France |
Laid down | 10 January 1931 |
Launched | 28 January 1933 |
Commissioned | 22 December 1934 |
Fate | Missing 8 November 1942 |
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Class and type | Diane-class submarine |
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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) |
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Crew | 41 |
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French and other sources sometimes refer to the submarine by the formal name La Sibylle, either instead of or interchangeably with Sibyllé.[1][2]