HMS Ibis (U99)

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

Ibis in 1941
History
United Kingdom
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
Honours and awards	ATLANTIC 1941-42 NORTH AFRICA 1942
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

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.

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.