Kuba:
> > "After some time had passed, he became a chaplain in the Royal Navy. He
> > was on the Sybile during the China War of 1856-58."
> >
> > The word "Sybile" is italic. Do you know what the Sybile is? Is it a
> > ship maybe?
Stephen Graham:
> It's presumably a ship of the Royal Navy.

Specifically, it's presumably this ship:

http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=2150

Note the spelling with two L's, used here and in a few other mentions
on the Web. There were other ships of the same name before and after
this one, also spelled with two L's.
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Hi, I'm translating a biographical note about Samuel Beal and I'm stuck
with word "Sybile". The text goes:

"After some time had passed, he became a chaplain in the Royal Navy. He
was on the Sybile during the China War of 1856-58."

The word "Sybile" is italic. Do you know what the Sybile is? Is it a
ship maybe?

Regards,
Kuba

Kuba wrote:
> Hi, I'm translating a biographical note about Samuel Beal and I'm stuck
> with word "Sybile". The text goes:
>
> "After some time had passed, he became a chaplain in the Royal Navy. He
> was on the Sybile during the China War of 1856-58."
>
> The word "Sybile" is italic. Do you know what the Sybile is? Is it a
> ship maybe?

It's presumably a ship of the Royal Navy. Standard convention is to
italicize ship names in written material.