HMS Ibis (U99)
 Ibis in 1941 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Ibis |
| Builder: | Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
| Laid down: | 22 September 1939 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1940 |
| Completed: | 30 August 1941 |
| Identification: | pennant number U99 |
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| Fate: | Sunk 10 November 1942 |
| Badge: | On a Field Blue Issuant from water in a base barry wavy of four white and blue, an Ibis Proper |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Black Swan-class sloop |
HMS Ibis, pennant number U99, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, named after the Ibis.
She was built by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Co. Durham, was laid down on 22 September 1939, launched on 28 November 1940, and completed 30 August 1941. She was adopted by the civil community of Stoke Newington in London as part of the Warship Week savings campaign in 1942.
Ibis was sunk by an airborne torpedo from an Italian aircraft in the Western Mediterranean, north of Algiers, French Algeria, on 10 November 1942.
The Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton was a member of her crew.
Notes
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
Coordinates: 37°0′N 3°0′E / 37.000°N 3.000°E
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