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Italian Navy ship
Aliseo, Uragano's sister ship
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History |
Italy |
Name | Uragano |
Builder |
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico,
Trieste |
Laid down | 17 June 1941 |
Launched | 3 May 1942 |
Completed | 26 September 1942 |
Fate | Sunk 3 February 1943 |
General characteristics
[1] |
Type |
Torpedo boat |
Displacement |
- 910 long tons (920 t) standard
- 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) full load
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Length | 82.5 m (270 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 3.77 m (12 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion |
- 2 shaft steam turbines
- 2 Yarrow type boilers
- 16,000 hp (11,900 kW)
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Speed | 26
knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Complement | 154 |
Sensors and processing systems | Sonar and hydrophones |
Armament | |
Uragano was a
Ciclone-class
torpedo boat that served with the
Italian Navy during the Second World War. The vessel entered service in 1942 and was sunk by a
naval mine on 3 February 1943.
Service history
Uragano's
keel was
laid down on 17 June 1941 by
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico at
Trieste. The ship was
launched on 3 May 1942. Construction was completed on 26 September 1942. The ship was sunk by a
naval mine on 3 February 1943.
[2]
References
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^ Chesneau, p. 303
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^ Fraccaroli, p. 95
Sources
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN
0-85177-146-7.
- Fraccaroli, Aldo (1974) [1968]. Italian Warships of World War II. London: Ian Allan.
ISBN
0-7110-0002-6.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. London: Cassell Publishing.
ISBN
1-85409-521-8.
External links
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1943 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Feb:
USS De Haven,
Makigumo,
HMS Welshman
- 3 Feb:
Dorchester,
U-265
- 4 Feb:
U-187
- 6 Feb:
HMCS Louisburg
- 7 Feb:
Empire Banner,
Henry R. Mallory,
Kalliopi,
U-609,
U-624
- 8 Feb:
HMT Bredon,
Iron Knight,
Roger B. Taney,
Tatsuta Maru
- 9 Feb:
Pan Royal
- 11 Feb:
I-18
- 12 Feb:
Castilian,
U-442
- 13 Feb:
U-620
- 15 Feb:
U-529
- 16 Feb:
USS Amberjack
- 17 Feb:
U-69,
U-201,
U-205, USS
YP-72
- 19 Feb:
Fresnel,
U-268,
U-562,
V 408 Haltenbank
- 20 Feb:
Ōshio
- 21 Feb:
U-623
- 22 Feb:
U-225,
U-606,
HMCS Weyburn
- 23 Feb:
Stockport,
U-443,
U-522
- 24 Feb:
U-649,
HMS Vandal
- 27 Feb:
HMT Lord Hailsham,
HMS Tigris
- Unknown date:
HNoMS Uredd
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Other incidents | |
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