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Upon her commissioning, ''Hunter'' was seemingly placed under the command of an engineering Lt. Cdr. and sent to Devonport. She left Portland for Gibraltar on 24 October, in company with {{UK-Hostile|f=t}}.{{MoS|Tuesday, October 27, 1936, Issue 47516, p.7}}
  
 
Paid off into Dockyard Control at [[Gibraltar]] on 29 May, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 249}}
 
Paid off into Dockyard Control at [[Gibraltar]] on 29 May, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 249}}

Revision as of 19:26, 24 October 2019

H.M.S. Hunter (1936)
Builder: Swan Hunter[1]
Launched: 25 Feb, 1936[2]
Commissioned: 30 Sep, 1936[3]
Sunk: 10 Apr, 1940[4]

H.M.S. Hunter was one of thirty-five "G","H" and "I" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Upon her commissioning, Hunter was seemingly placed under the command of an engineering Lt. Cdr. and sent to Devonport. She left Portland for Gibraltar on 24 October, in company with destroyer Hostile.[5]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Gibraltar on 29 May, 1937.[6]

She commissioned at Malta on 18 October, 1938 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Alfred Charles Behague.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  3. ↑ "New Ships for the Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, October 1, 1936, Issue 47494, p.9.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  5. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, October 27, 1936, Issue 47516, p.7.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 249.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 297.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 297.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


"G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyer
"G" Class Leader
  Grenville  
Destroyers
  Gallant Garland Gipsy Glowworm  
  Grafton Grenade Greyhound Griffin  
"H" Class Leader
  Hardy  
Destroyers
  Hasty Havock Hereward Hero  
  Hostile Hotspur Hunter Hyperion  
Brazilian "H" Destroyers
  Harvester Havant Havelock  
  Hesperus Highlander Hurricane  
"I" Class Leader
  Inglefield  
Destroyers
  Icarus Ilex Imogen Imperial  
  Impulsive Intrepid Isis Ivanhoe  
Turkish "I" Destroyers
  Inconstant Ithuriel  
<– "E" and "F" Class Destroyers (UK) Tribal Class –>


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