HMS Hurricane

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.

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H06
speed 36 knot, draft 3.89 metre, length 98.5 metre, beam 10.1 metre, 
shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer, destroyer, Vickers-Armstrongs, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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Location: 45.1667, -22.0833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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  USS Leary ⓘ
  1918 Wickes-class destroyer

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1940 HMS Hurricane

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World War II Q362

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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HMS Hurricane(H06)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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