HMAS ''Ibis'' (M 1183) was a built by the Montrose Shipyard, launched on 18 November 1955, and commissioned into the

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as HMS ''Singleton''. The ship was purchased by Australia in 1961, and commissioned into the

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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

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"Malaysia 1964–66". ''Ibis'' was decommissioned on 4 May 1984.

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