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| serviceuntil = December [[3059]]<ref name="TOTCp10">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 10: "Beyond The Periphery"</ref>
 
 
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The ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer CGB '''''Ursus''''' served within the [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|Clan Ghost Bear ''touman'']].
 
 
 
==History==
 
==History==
In December [[3059]], the ''Ursus'' was part of a naval convoy moving through the [[Deep Periphery]] when it encountered [[Task Force SERPENT]].<ref name="TOTCp18">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18: "Defender"</ref>
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As at December [[3059]] the ''[[Whirlwind]]''-class destroyer '''''Ursus''''' was serving as the CGB ''Ursus'' within the [[Clan Ghost Bear]] [[Clan Ghost Bear Touman|''touman'']] and was part of a naval convoy moving through the [[Deep Periphery]] when it encountered [[Task Force SERPENT]].<ref name="TOTCp18">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 18, "Defender"</ref>
  
The ''Ursus'' was accompanied by a sister ship, the [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] and a ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate, the [[Shining Claw|CGB ''Shining Claw'']].<ref name="TOTCp18"/> The ''Shining Claw'', ''Fire Fang'', and ''Ursus'' moved to engage Task Force SERPENT while attempting to buy time for the ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Winter Wind|CGB ''Winter Wind'']] to quick-charge and jump out of the system to warn the [[Clans]] of the presence of an [[Inner Sphere]] [[WarShip]] flotilla moving through the Deep Periphery.<ref name="TOTCp17">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 17: "Scenario 1: Trafalgar"</ref>
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The ''Ursus'' was accompanied by a sister ship, the [[Fire Fang|CGB ''Fire Fang'']] and a ''[[Congress]]''-class frigate, the [[Shining Claw|CGB ''Shining Claw'']].<ref name="TOTCp18"/> The ''Shining Claw'', ''Fire Fang'' and ''Ursus'' moved to engage Task Force SERPENT while attempting to buy time for the ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] [[Winter Wind|CGB ''Winter Wind'']] to quick-charge and jump out of the system to warn the [[Clans]] of the presence of an [[Inner Sphere]] [[WarShip]] flotilla moving through the Deep Periphery.<ref name="TOTCp17">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 17, "Scenario 1: Trafalgar"</ref>
  
The Inner Sphere forces, led by the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Invisible Truth|ISS ''Invisible Truth'']], were the victors in the engagement, subsequently dubbed Trafalgar, and the ''Ursus'' was destroyed; the ''Shining Claw'' was also lost, and the Task Force claimed the intact ''Fire Fang'' as ''[[isorla]]'', along with some three hundred warriors and more than a thousand civilian caste members. The ''Winter Wind'' was unable to jump out before being boarded and captured, leaving the Clans unaware of the existence of Task Force SERPENT.<ref name="TOTCp10"/>
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The Inner Sphere forces, led by the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] ''[[Cameron (WarShip)|Cameron]]''-class battlecruiser [[Invisible Truth|ISS ''Invisible Truth'']], were the victors in the engagement, subsequently dubbed Trafalgar, and the ''Ursus'' was destroyed; the ''Shining Claw'' was also lost, and the Task Force claimed the intact ''Fire Fang'' as ''[[isorla]]'', along with some three hundred warriors and more than a thousand civilian caste members. The ''Winter Wind'' was unable to jump out before being boarded and captured, leaving the Clans unaware of the existence of Task Force SERPENT.<ref name="TOTCp10">''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 10, "Beyond The Periphery"</ref>
  
 
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