HMS ''Ibis'',

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of the Royal Navy, named after the Ibis. She was built by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees,

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, 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

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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

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, on 10 November 1942. The Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton was a member of her crew.

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Publications

* * *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''. Ships built on the River Tees Black Swan-class sloops World War II sloops of the United Kingdom Sloops of the United Kingdom World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Ships sunk by Italian aircraft 1940 ships Maritime incidents in November 1942 {{UK-mil-ship-stub