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The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyer of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in the Second World War , particularly on the British east coast and Mediterranean convoys .
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. England: World Ship ...
The Hunts: A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4. Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers and Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
HMS Middleton was a Type II Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy and served in the Second World War.Her role was providing support for minelaying operations in the Atlantic and anti-aircraft protection for the North Russian convoys.
HMS Rockwood was a Type III, Hunt class Escort destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow-in-Furness and served during the Second World War.She was damaged in action in November 1943 by a glide bomb, not fully repaired, took no further part in the war and was broken up for scrap in 1946.
HMS Avon Vale (pennant number L06) was an escort destroyer of the Hunt Type II class.The Royal Navy ordered Avon Vale ' s construction three days after the outbreak of the Second World War. [1]
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.
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.