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A Hunt-class destroyer in dry dock, painting from the Royal Museums Greenwich. The last two Hunts came from an independent lineage and were built to a private design that had been prepared pre-war by John I. Thornycroft & Company. Submitted to the Admiralty and rejected in 1938, a modified design had been accepted in 1940.
40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack HMS Exmoor was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was a member of the first subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War , before being sunk by German E-boats in 1941.
50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack HMS Quantock was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II . She was sold to Ecuador in 1954 where she served as Presidente Alfaro .
The second HMS Exmoor (L08), ex-HMS Burton, was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy in commission from 1941 to 1945. She was a member of the second subgroup of the class, and saw service during much of World War II. She later served in the Royal Danish Navy as HDMS Valdemar Sejr (F 343).
HMS Beaufort was one of 16 Type II Hunt-class destroyers ordered from various shipbuilders on 20 December 1939. [1] The Hunts were meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet.
The Hunt class was meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet. The Type III Hunts differed from the previous Type II ships in replacing a twin 4-inch gun mount by two torpedo tubes to improve their ability to operate as destroyers. [2] [3]
HMS Zetland was ordered from Yarrows on 20 December 1939, one of 16 Type II Hunt-class destroyers ordered from various shipbuilders on that date, (including two from Yarrows). [1] The Hunts were meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet.
HMS Derwent was a Hunt-class Type III escort destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs, in Barrow-in-Furness, and served during the Second World War.In March 1943, she was badly damaged while anchored in Tripoli harbour by aircraft and beached to prevent her from sinking.