HMS Hurricane
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HMS Hurricane was an H-class destroyer that had originally been ordered by the Brazilian Navy in the late 1930s with the name Japura, but was bought by the Royal Navy after the beginning of World War II in September 1939 and later renamed. When completed in June 1940, the ship was temporarily assigned to the Home Fleet before she began escorting convoys and conducting anti-submarine patrols. She was badly damaged during a German air raid on Liverpool in May 1941 and her repairs were not completed until the beginning of 1942. Hurricane was then assigned as the flotilla leader of Escort Group B1 assigned to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force, escorting convoys in the North Atlantic for the next two years. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine on Christmas Eve 1943, and had to be scuttled the next day as she was unable to steam back to port.
1940
Wikimedia, Wikidata
H06
Vickers-Armstrongs, Royal Navy, .jpg)
- Dreadnought Project page@
- naval-history.net page@
- uboat.net page@
Location: 45.1667, -22.0833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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USS Leary ⓘ
1918 Wickes-class destroyer
HMS Hurricane(H06)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | uboat.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | USS Leary | Wickes-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Hurricane | G and H-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata |
| commons | image | HMS Hurricane(H06) | Commons | ||