Hunt-class destroyer

The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. The first vessels were ordered in early 1939 to meet the need for compact, well-armed, escort capable of fleet screening and convoy protection.

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Hunt class
speed 29 knot, 
destroyer escort, Royal Navy, Polish Navy, West German Navy, Indian Navy, Egyptian Navy, Hellenic Navy, Israeli Navy, Republic of China Navy, John Brown & Company, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy, Free French Naval Forces, 

HMS Airedale, HMS Albrighton, HMS Aldenham, HMS Atherstone, HMS Avon Vale, HMS Badsworth, HMS Beaufort, HMS Belvoir, HMS Berkeley, HMS Bicester, HMS Blackmore, HMS Blankney, HMS Blean, HMS Bleasdale, HMS Blencathra, HMS Bramham, HMS Brecon, HMS Brissenden, HMS Brocklesby, HMS Calpe, HMS Catterick, HMS Cattistock, HMS Cleveland, HMS Cotswold, HMS Cottesmore, HMS Cowdray, HMS Croome, HMS Derwent, HMS Dulverton, HMS Easton, HMS Eggesford, HMS Eglinton, HMS Eridge, HMS Exmoor, HMS Exmoor, HMS Farndale, HMS Fernie, HMS Garth, HMS Glaisdale, HMS Goathland, HMS Grove, HMS Hambledon, HMS Haydon, HMS Heythrop, HMS Holcombe, HMS Holderness, HMS Hursley, HMS Hurworth, HMS Lamerton, HMS Lauderdale, HMS Ledbury, HMS Liddesdale, HMS Limbourne, HMS Mendip, HMS Meynell, HMS Middleton, HMS Oakley, HMS Penylan, HMS Puckeridge, HMS Pytchley, HMS Quantock, HMS Quorn, HMS Rockwood, HMS Southdown, HMS Southwold, HMS Stevenstone, HMS Talybont, HMS Tanatside, HMS Tetcott, HMS Tynedale, HMS Wensleydale, HMS Whaddon, HMS Wheatland, HMS Wilton, HMS Zetland, HNoMS Arendal, HS Adrias, Hunt I subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers, Hunt II-class destroyer, Hunt III subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers, Hunt IV subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers, INS Ganga, La Combattante, ORP Krakowiak, ORP Kujawiak, ORP Ślązak, Pindos, Themistoklis-class destroyer, 

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  Hunt I subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers ⓘ
  1940 subclass of British Hunt-class destroyers

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  Hunt II-class destroyer ⓘ
  1941 sub-class of British Hunt-class destroyers

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  Hunt III subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers ⓘ
  1941 subclass of British Hunt-class destroyers

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  Hunt IV subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers ⓘ
  1942 subclass of British Hunt-class destroyers

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  Themistoklis-class destroyer ⓘ
  Greek Name for Hunt II escort

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  HMS Belvoir ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Bleasdale ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Brissenden ⓘ
  1943 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Brocklesby ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Catterick ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Cattistock ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Cotswold ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Cottesmore ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Cowdray ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Easton ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Eggesford ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Eglinton ⓘ
  1939 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Farndale ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Fernie ⓘ
  1939 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Garth ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Glaisdale ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Goathland ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Haydon ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Heythrop ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Holderness ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Lauderdale ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Ledbury ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Limbourne ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Melbreak ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Meynell ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Oakley ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Pytchley ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Quantock ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Rockwood ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Southdown ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Talybont ⓘ
  1943 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Wilton ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HNoMS Arendal ⓘ
  

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  HS Adrias ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  INS Ganga ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  Kanaris ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  Miaoulis ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  ORP Krakowiak ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  ORP Ślązak ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  Pindos ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Atherstone ⓘ
  1939 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Hambledon ⓘ
  1939 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Quorn ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Mendip ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Blencathra ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Liddesdale ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Whaddon ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Croome ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Lamerton ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Badsworth ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Exmoor ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Beaufort ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Wheatland ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Tetcott ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Albrighton ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Hursley ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Blackmore ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Derwent ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Bramham ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Zetland ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Wensleydale ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Brecon ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Middleton ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Stevenstone ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Airedale ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Aldenham ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Berkeley ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Dulverton ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Holcombe ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Puckeridge ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Tynedale ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  La Combattante ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  ORP Kujawiak ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Cleveland ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Exmoor ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Avon Vale ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Eridge ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Blankney ⓘ
  1940 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Hurworth ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Southwold ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Calpe ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Grove ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Bicester ⓘ
  1941 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Tanatside ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Blean ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

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  HMS Penylan ⓘ
  1942 Hunt-class destroyer

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

1963-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940 — 1963 Hunt-class destroyer

1940-03-23T00:00:00Z

1940-03-23T00:00:00Z

1940 HMS Atherstone

1940-06-08T00:00:00Z

1940-06-08T00:00:00Z

1940 HMS Hambledon

1940-09-21T00:00:00Z

1940-09-21T00:00:00Z

1940 HMS Quorn

1940-10-12T00:00:00Z

1940-10-12T00:00:00Z

1940 HMS Mendip

1940-12-14T00:00:00Z

1940-12-14T00:00:00Z

1940 HMS Blencathra

1941-02-28T00:00:00Z

1941-02-28T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Liddesdale

1941-02-28T00:00:00Z

1941-02-28T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Whaddon

1941-06-29T00:00:00Z

1941-06-29T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Croome

1941-08-16T00:00:00Z

1941-08-16T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Lamerton

1941-08-18T00:00:00Z

1941-08-18T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Badsworth

1941-10-18T00:00:00Z

1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

1941 — 1966 HMS Exmoor

1941-11-03T00:00:00Z

1941-11-03T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Beaufort

1941-11-03T00:00:00Z

1941-11-03T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Wheatland

1941-12-02T00:00:00Z

1941-12-02T00:00:00Z

1941 HMS Tetcott

1942-02-22T00:00:00Z

1942-02-22T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Albrighton

1942-04-02T00:00:00Z

1942-04-02T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Hursley

1942-04-14T00:00:00Z

1942-04-14T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Blackmore

1942-04-24T00:00:00Z

1942-04-24T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Derwent

1942-06-16T00:00:00Z

1942-06-16T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Bramham

1942-06-27T00:00:00Z

1942-06-27T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Zetland

1942-10-20T00:00:00Z

1942-10-20T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Wensleydale

1942-12-18T00:00:00Z

1942-12-18T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Brecon

1943-01-10T00:00:00Z

1943-01-10T00:00:00Z

1943 HMS Middleton

1943-03-18T00:00:00Z

1943-03-18T00:00:00Z

1943 HMS Stevenstone

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Frameless

HMS South Down FL19190

HMS Haydon FL13815

Olav Arendal

HMS Quantock WWII IWM FL 17786

British warships in Algiers Harbour

A Hunt Class Destroyer in Dry Dock RMG BHC1654

Marynarze na polskim okręcie wojennym (21-143)

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16764

HMS Catterick FL188

HMS Wensleydale FL21557

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	watercraft	1940	Hunt I subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers	Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1941	Hunt II-class destroyer	Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1941	Hunt III subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers	Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1942	Hunt IV subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers	Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
class	watercraft	1943	Themistoklis-class destroyer	Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Belvoir	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Bleasdale	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Brissenden	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Brocklesby	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Catterick	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Cattistock	destroyer escort, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Cotswold	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Cottesmore	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Cowdray	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Easton	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Eggesford	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Eglinton	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Farndale	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Fernie	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Garth	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Glaisdale	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Goathland	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Haydon	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Heythrop	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Holderness	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Lauderdale	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Ledbury	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Limbourne	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Melbreak	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Meynell	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Oakley	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Pytchley	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Quantock	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Rockwood	destroyer escort, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Southdown	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Talybont	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Wilton	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HNoMS Arendal	escort destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HS Adrias	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		INS Ganga	destroyer escort, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Kanaris	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Miaoulis	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		ORP Krakowiak	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		ORP Ślązak	destroyer escort, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Pindos	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	HMS Atherstone	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	HMS Hambledon	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	HMS Quorn	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	HMS Mendip	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1940	HMS Blencathra	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Liddesdale	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Whaddon	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Croome	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Lamerton	destroyer escort, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Badsworth	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Exmoor	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Beaufort	destroyer escort, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Wheatland	destroyer escort, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1941	HMS Tetcott	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Albrighton	destroyer escort, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Hursley	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Blackmore	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Derwent	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Bramham	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Zetland	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Wensleydale	destroyer escort, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1942	HMS Brecon	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1943	HMS Middleton	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1943	HMS Stevenstone	destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Airedale	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Aldenham	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Berkeley	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Dulverton	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Holcombe	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Puckeridge	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Tynedale	Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		La Combattante	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		ORP Kujawiak	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1940	HMS Cleveland	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1940	HMS Exmoor	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Avon Vale	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Eridge	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Blankney	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Hurworth	destroyer escort, shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Southwold	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1941	HMS Calpe	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Grove	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Bicester	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Tanatside	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Blean	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Penylan	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS South Down FL19190		Commons
commons	image		HMS Haydon FL13815		Commons
commons	image		Olav Arendal		Commons
commons	image		HMS Quantock WWII IWM FL 17786		Commons
commons	image		British warships in Algiers Harbour		Commons
commons	image		A Hunt Class Destroyer in Dry Dock RMG BHC1654		Commons
commons	image		Marynarze na polskim okręcie wojennym (21-143)		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16764		Commons
commons	image		HMS Catterick FL188		Commons
commons	image		HMS Wensleydale FL21557		Commons