 |
| Career |
 |
| Name: |
HMS Ibis |
| Builder: |
Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
| Laid down: |
22 September 1939 |
| Launched: |
28 November 1940 |
| Completed: |
30 August 1941 |
| Fate: |
Sunk by torpedo, 10 November 1942 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Black Swan-class sloop |
HMS Ibis (U99) was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, named after the Ibis.
Ibis, 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.
Ibis was sunk by an airborne torpedo from an Italian aircraft in the Western Mediterranean, north of Algiers on 10 November 1942.
[edit] References
- 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°N 3°E / 37; 3
