HMS Ibis (U99)

HMS Ibis, pennant number U99, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, named after the Ibis.

Photograph of HMS Ibis in 1941, from the Imperial War Museum
Ibis in 1941
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ibis
BuilderFurness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Laid down22 September 1939
Launched28 November 1940
Completed30 August 1941
IdentificationPennant number U99
Honours and
awards
  • ATLANTIC 1941-42
  • NORTH AFRICA 1942
FateSunk 10 November 1942
BadgeOn a Field Blue Issuant from water in a base barry wavy of four white and blue, an Ibis Proper
General characteristics
Class and typeBlack Swan-class sloop

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.
    • 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.
    • Hughes, Robert (1975). Flagship to Murmansk. London, England: Future Publications. ISBN 0860072665. Pages 83–6 give an account of the sinking of the Ibis and the rescue of survivors as seen by HMS Scylla.

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