700-020 BRITISH SLOOP HMS IBIS

HMS Ibis (U99) was a British sloop from the Second World War. The keel was laid in September 1939, the launch took place in November 1940, and the entry into service with the Royal Navy - in August 1941. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 91.3 meters and a width of 11.43 meters. The displacement reached 1,250 tons and the maximum speed was approx. 19 knots. The armaments included three twin 102mm cannons and 4 twin 40mm cannons. The HMS Ibis (U99) was the fourth ship of the Black Swan class with a total of 12 ships. Black Swan class) and was the basis for a very similar type of ships with a total of 25 units (eng. Modified Black Swan class). Units of type The Black Swan was developed based on the type of Egret sloop and retained many of its design features. However, they differed significantly in their armaments. Units of type Black Swan specialized in escorting convoys and had very good seagoing performance. One of the ships of this class was HMS Ibis (U99), which was built in Furness Shipbuilding Company at Haverton Hill-on-Tees. In the years 1941-1942, the unit performed escort and convoy tasks in the Atlantic, and at the end of 1942 HMS Ibis (U99) was directed to the Mediterranean Sea. There, north of Algiers, on November 10, 1942, it was sunk in an attack carried out by an Italian torpedo plane.