The Ciclone class were a group of torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

 which fought in the Second World War. They were slightly enlarged versions of the previous Orsa class

Orsa class torpedo boat

The Orsa class were a group of large torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930s. They were an enlarged version of the , with more endurance and a greater depth charge load but less powerful machinery and a lighter gun armament. The surviving pair were rebuilt as...

, they had improved stability and heavier anti-submarine armament. These ships were built as part of the Italian war mobilisation programme and completed in 1942-43.

Ships

Ship	Builder	Launched	Operational History
Aliseo	Navalmeccanica	20 September 1942	War reparation to the Yugoslav Navy Yugoslav Navy The Yugoslav Navy was the navy of Yugoslavia. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along the Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000- kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto... , 1949 as the Triglav
Animoso	Ansaldo Gio. Ansaldo & C. Ansaldo was one of Italy's oldest and most important engineering companies, existing for 140 years from 1853 to 1993.-From foundation to World War I:... , Genoa Genoa Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....	15 April 1942	Reparation to the USSR, 1949 as destroyer Ladny (Ладный), BU 1958
Ardente	Ansaldo Gio. Ansaldo & C. Ansaldo was one of Italy's oldest and most important engineering companies, existing for 140 years from 1853 to 1993.-From foundation to World War I:... , Genoa	27 May 1942	Sank submarine HMS P48 HMS P48 (1942) HMS P48 was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.The submarine departed from Malta on her last patrol, on 23 December 1942 under the command of Lieutenant M.E. Faber. She was sunk with the loss of her entire crew two days later whilst attacking an Italian...  on 25 December 1942. Sunk in collision with the destroyer Grecale 12 January 1943
Ardimentoso	Ansaldo Gio. Ansaldo & C. Ansaldo was one of Italy's oldest and most important engineering companies, existing for 140 years from 1853 to 1993.-From foundation to World War I:... , Genoa	27 June 1942	Reparation to the USSR, 1949 as destroyer Liuty (Лютый), BU 1960
Ardito	Ansaldo Gio. Ansaldo & C. Ansaldo was one of Italy's oldest and most important engineering companies, existing for 140 years from 1853 to 1993.-From foundation to World War I:... , Genoa	16 March 1942	Captured by the Germans in September 1943, served as TA25 Torpedoboot Ausland The Torpedoboot Ausland were small destroyers or large torpedo boats captured by Nazi Germany and incorporated into the Kriegsmarine. They were assigned a number beginning with TA-TA 1 to TA 6:... . Either sunk 15 June 1944 by US Navy PT boat PT boat PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat , a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet". The Japanese called them "Devil Boats".The original pre–World War I torpedo boats were... s or destroyed by sabotage at Rapallo Rapallo Rapallo is a municipality in the province of Genoa, in Liguria, northern Italy. As of 2007 it counts approximately 34,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Tigullio Gulf and is located in between Portofino and Chiavari....  on 6 July 1944
Ciclone	CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico was an Italian manufacturer in the sea and air industry which was active from 1930 to 1966. This shipyard is now owned by Fincantieri.... , Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...	1 March 1942	She took part in the shooting down of three Beaufort Bristol Beaufort The Bristol Beaufort was a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber....  bombers and a Beaufighter Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, often referred to as simply the Beau, was a British long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber design...  while escorting a convoy to Libya between 20-21 August 1942. Fought off several British motor launches and amphibious crafts during the botched Allied landing on Tobruk Operation Agreement Operation Agreement consisted of a series of ground and amphibious operations carried out by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on German and Italian-held Tobruk on 13 September 1942, during the Second World War. A Special Interrogation Group, fluent in German, also took part in missions... , on 14 September 1942. Sunk by mines 8 March 1943
Fortunale	CRDA, Trieste	18 April 1942	Sank submarine HMS P222 HMS P222 HMS P222 was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Vickers Armstrong and launched on September 20, 1941. She was initially assigned to the naval base at Gibraltar to guard the entrance to the Mediterranean. On 27 July, 1942 P 222...  on 12 December 1942. Reparation to the USSR, 1949 as destroyer Liotny (Лётный), sunk as target ship 1959
Ghibli	Navalmeccanica	28 February 1943	Seized by the Germans in September 1943, but not repaired. Scuttled in La Spezia 25 April 1945
Groppo	Navalmeccanica	19 April 1943	Sank submarine HMS Utmost HMS Utmost (N19) HMS Utmost was a British U class submarine, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 2 November 1939 and was commissioned on 17 August 1940...  on 25 November 1942. Sunk 25 May 1943, by bombing
Impavido	CT Riva Trigoso	24 February 1943	Captured by the Germans in September 1943, served as TA23 Torpedoboot Ausland The Torpedoboot Ausland were small destroyers or large torpedo boats captured by Nazi Germany and incorporated into the Kriegsmarine. They were assigned a number beginning with TA-TA 1 to TA 6:... . Struck a mine on 25 April 1944 and finished off by British MTBs while taken in tow
Impetouso	CT Riva Trigoso	20 April 1943	Scuttled 11 September 1943
Indomito	CT Riva Trigoso	6 July 1943	War reparation to the Yugoslav Navy Yugoslav Navy The Yugoslav Navy was the navy of Yugoslavia. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along the Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000- kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto... , 1949 as the Biokovo
Intrepido	CT Riva Trigoso	8 September 1943	Captured by the Germans in September 1943, served as TA26 Torpedoboot Ausland The Torpedoboot Ausland were small destroyers or large torpedo boats captured by Nazi Germany and incorporated into the Kriegsmarine. They were assigned a number beginning with TA-TA 1 to TA 6:... . Sunk by US PT boats 15 July 1944
Monsone	Navalmeccanica	7 June 1942	Sunk 1 March 1943 at Naples by Allied bombing
Tifone	CRDA Trieste	31 March 1943	Scuttled in Tunis, 7 May 1943
Uragano	CRDA Trieste	3 May 1942	Sunk by mines 3 February 1943