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Uragano 1942

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Aliseo	AS		Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia	9.1941	20.9.1942	2.1943	to Yugoslavia 5.1949 (Биоково [Biokovo])
Animoso	AM		Ansaldo, Genoa	4.1941	15.4.1942	8.1942	to Soviet Union 3.1949 (Ладный [Ladnyy])
Ardente	AD		Ansaldo, Genoa	4.1941	27.5.1942	9.1942	collision 12.1.1943
Ardimentoso	AZ, AT		Ansaldo, Genoa	4.1941	28.6.1942	12.1942	to Soviet Union 10.1949 (Лютый [Liutyy])
Ardito	AR		Ansaldo, Genoa	4.1941	14.3.1942	6.1942	captured by Germany 16.9.1943 (TA26)
Ciclone	CI		CRDA, Trieste	5.1941	1.3.1942	5.1942	sunk 8.3.1943
Fortunale	FT		CRDA, Trieste	5.1941	18.4.1942	8.1942	to Soviet Union 3.1949 (Лётный [Liotnyy])
Ghibli	GH		Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia	8.1941	28.2.1943	7.1943	scuttled 9.9.1943
Groppo	GP		Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia	6.1941	19.4.1942	8.1942	sunk 25.5.1943
Impavido	IM		CT, Riva Trigoso	8.1941	24.2.1943	4.1943	captured by Germany 16.9.1943 (TA23)
Impetuoso	IP		CT, Riva Trigoso	8.1941	20.4.1943	7.1943	scuttled 11.9.1943
Indomito	ID		CT, Riva Trigoso	1.1942	6.7.1943	8.1943	to Yugoslavia 4.1949 (Триглав [Triglav])
Intrepido	IT		CT, Riva Trigoso	1.1942	8.9.1943	1.1944 // ---	completed for Germany as TA25
Monsone	MS		Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia	6.1941	7.6.1942	11.1942	sunk 1.3.1943
Tifone	TF		CRDA, Trieste	6.1941	31.3.1942	7.1942	scuttled 7.5.1943
Uragano	UR		CRDA, Trieste	6.1941	3.5.1942	9.1942	sunk 3.2.1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1113
Displacement full, t	1683
Length, m	82.5 pp 87.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.90
Draught, m	3.77 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Tosi or Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	16000
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	oil 442 (norm.)
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/47 OTO 1937, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 4 DCT Animoso, Ghibli, Impavido, Indomito, Intrepido, Monsone: 3 x 1 - 100/47 OTO 1937, 3 x 2 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 4 - 6 DCT, 20 mines
Electronic equipment	presumably S-Gerät sonar, hydrophone
Complement	177

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Project history

The further development of Pegaso class. The decision on building of a series from 16 ships was accepted in the early 1941 for compensation of heavy losses in destroyers. Dimensions, in comparison with a prototype, were slightly increased for stability improvement, with the same purpose side oil fuel tanks were liquidated. In May, 1943 all were reclassified from torpedo boats to escort torpedo boats.

Modernizations

mid-1943, all completed and survived: + (4 - 5) x 1 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939

Naval service

Ardente 12.1.1943 was sunk at collision with destroyer Grecale at Sicily. Uragano 3.2.1943 was lost on a mine laid by British minelayer Abdiel off Bizerte. Monsone 1.3.1943 was sunk by American aircraft at Naples. Ciclone 7.3.1943 was lost on a mine laid by British minelayer Abdiel NE off Bizerte. Tifone 6.5.1943 was damaged by American aircraft at coast of Tunisia and 7.5.1943 has sunk. Groppo 25.5.1943 was sunk by American aircraft at Messina.

Ghibli and Impetuoso were scuttled by crews to avoid capture by German troops: former 9.9.1943 at La Spezia and latter 11.9.1943 at Majorca. Ghibli subsequently was salvaged by Germans, but never commissioned by them. Ardito and Impavido were captured by German troops in September, 1943 and renamed TA26 and TA23 respectively. TA26 was sunk 15.6.1944 by British MTBs. TA23 25.4.1944 was damaged by a mine laid by torpedo boat Sirio at Corsica and sunk by torpedo from TA29.

Intrepido was captured by German troops incomplete in September, 1943, renamed TA25, completed by Germans and sunk 21.6.1944 by British MTBs.