HMS Sybille (1917)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sybille |
| Namesake | Sibylle |
| Ordered | July 1915 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow |
| Laid down | August 1915 |
| Launched | 5 February 1916 |
| Completed | February 1917 |
| Out of service | 5 November 1926 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Yarrow Later M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 930 long tons (940 t) (normal) |
| Length | 273 ft 6 in (83.4 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 25 ft 7.5 in (7.8 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | 3 Yarrow boilers, 27,800 shp (20,700 kW) |
| Propulsion | Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 1,860 nmi (3,440 km; 2,140 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 82 |
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HMS Sybille was a Yarrow Later M-class, or Yarrow R-class, destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Later M class was an improvement on those of the preceding Yarrow M class, with a narrower beam. Launched in 1917, Sybille joined the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force. The flotilla was tasked with escorting convoys across the North Sea. The destroyer also escorted the monitors Erebus and Terror in their bombardment of Ostend in 1917 and took part in a sortie in 1917 led by the destroyer leader Montrose. After the Armistice that ended the war in 1918, the destroyer was placed in reserve. After participating in a naval review in 1924, Sybille was sold to be broken up in 1926.