HMAS Ibis (M 1183)

HMAS Ibis (M 1183) was a Ton-class minesweeper built by the Montrose Shipyard, launched on 18 November 1955, and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Singleton.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Singleton
Builder	Montrose Shipyard
Launched	18 November 1955
Fate	Sold to Australia
Australia
Name	Ibis
Acquired	1961
Commissioned	7 September 1962
Decommissioned	4 May 1984
Motto	"Safe Waters"
Honours & awards	Battle honours: Malaysia 1964–66 Plus one inherited battle honour
Fate	Decommissioned; ultimate fate unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Ton-class minesweeper
Displacement	440 tons
Length	152 ft (46 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	33
Armament	2 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 1 × M2 Browning machine gun

The ship was purchased by Australia in 1961, and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Ibis on 7 September 1962.

During the mid-1960s, Ibis was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. This service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".^[1][2]

Ibis was decommissioned on 4 May 1984.