Italian ship Tifone

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Tifone has been borne by at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to:

Italian patrol boat Tifone, previously the merchant ship Bata, purchased by Italy in 1916 and renamed. She was scraped in 1920.
Italian torpedo boat Tifone, a Ciclone-class torpedo boat launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943.

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