Allied Warships
HMS Ibis (U 99)
Sloop of the Black Swan class
HMS Ibis as seen during the war.
Photo Courtesy of Graham White.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 99 |
| Built by | Furness Shipbuilding Ltd. (Haverton Hill-on-Tees, U.K.) : Richardson Westgarth |
| Ordered | 21 Jun 1939 |
| Laid down | 21 Sep 1939 |
| Launched | 28 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned | 30 Aug 1941 |
| Lost | 10 Nov 1942 |
| Loss position | 37° 00'N, 3° 00'E |
| History | HMS Ibis (Cdr. Henry Maxwell Darell-Brown, RN) was sunk by a torpedo from Italian aircraft in the Western Mediterranean north off Algiers in position 37º00'N, 03º00'E. |
Commands listed for HMS Ibis (U 99)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Maxwell Darell-Brown, RN | Jun 1941 | 10 Nov 1942 (+) |
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Notable events involving Ibis include:
29 Sep 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Ibis (Lt.Cdr. H.M. Darell-Brown, RN). (1)
30 Sep 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Ibis (Lt.Cdr. H.M. Darell-Brown, RN). (1)
6 Nov 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Clare (Lt.Cdr. L.H. Landman, RN), HMS Hartland (Lt.Cdr. G.P. Billot, RNR), HMS Ibis (Lt.Cdr. H.M. Darell-Brown, RN) and HMS Sunflower (Lt.Cdr. J.T. Jones, RD, RNR). (2)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6377 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- File 2.12.03.6368 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)