HMS Hurricane (H06)
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
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HMS Hurricane (H06)
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
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HMS Hurricane (H06) war ein Ze ...... t die Heimat erreichen konnte.
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HMS Hurricane was an H-class d ...... unable to steam back to port.
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date of acquirement
1939-09-05
commissioning date
1940-06-21
laying down
1938-06-30
length (μ)
9.84504e+1
order date
1937-12-06
ship beam (μ)
1.00584e+1
ship launched
1939-09-29
status
Purchased by the United Kingdom, 5 September 1939
Scuttledafter a torpedo hit, 25 December 1943
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Ship armament
*3 × 1 – guns
*2 × 4 – machi ...... harges, 3 rails and 8 throwers
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Ship identification
Pennant number: H06
Ship propulsion
*2 shafts
*Parsons geared steam turbines
*3 Admiralty water-tube boilers
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45.166666666666664 -22.083333333333332
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HMS Hurricane (H06) war ein Ze ...... t die Heimat erreichen konnte.
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HMS Hurricane was an H-class d ...... 3, and had to be scuttled the
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HMS Hurricane (H06)
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HMS Hurricane (H06)
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4.5166666666666675e+1
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-2.2083333333333326e+1
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HMS Hurricane
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Japura
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