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HMS Ibis (U99)
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HMS Ibis (U99) was a Black Swan-class
Black Swan class sloop
The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including...
sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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, named after the Ibis
Ibis
The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....
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Ibis, built by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees
Haverton Hill
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, Co. Durham
County Durham
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, 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
Regia Aeronautica
The Italian Royal Air Force was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of Italy. It was established as a service independent of the Royal Italian Army from 1923 until 1946...
in the Western Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
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, north of Algiers
Algiers
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on 10 November 1942.