Italian torpedo boat Tifone

For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Tifone.
Tifone, 4 April 1943
History
Italy
NameTifone
BuilderCantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste
Laid down17 June 1941
Launched31 March 1942
Completed11 July 1942
FateScuttled 7 May 1943
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCiclone-class torpedo boat
Displacement
  • 910 long tons (920 t) standard
  • 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) full load
Length82.5 m (270 ft 8 in)
Beam9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draught3.77 m (12 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft steam turbines
  • 2 Yarrow type boilers
  • 16,000 hp (11,900 kW)
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement154
Sensors and
processing systems		Sonar and hydrophones
Armament

Tifone was a Ciclone-class torpedo boat that served with the Italian Navy during the Second World War. The vessel entered service on 11 July 1942 and was scuttled on 7 May 1943 at Korbous, Tunisia. She escorted the last Axis convoy to reach Africa in World War II.[2]

  1. ^ Chesneau, p. 303
  2. ^ Taverna, Claudio. ""L'ultima torpediniera per Tunisi", del sottocapo di bordo Alberto Ferrari". Trentino Libero (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-04-25.