Italian torpedo boat Uragano

Italian Navy ship For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Uragano.

History
Aliseo, Uragano's sister ship
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
Type	Torpedo boat
Displacement	910 long tons (920 t) standard 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) full load
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)
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement	154
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar and hydrophones
Armament	2 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes 4 × depth charge throwers

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.

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Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. London: Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1943
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
Other incidents	4 Feb: USS Grouper 6 Feb: Ro-100 7 Feb: USS Swordfish 12 Feb: USS Salamonie, Uruguay 15 Feb: Ro-106 16 Feb: USS Sawfish 17 Feb: USS Sawfish
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