H.M.S. Hunter (1936)

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, the first two ships of the class to be deployed to the Mediterranean.^[5] They took up operations with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.

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

Lieutenant-Commander Alfred C. Behague, 18 October, 1938^[8] – mid 1939
Lieutenant-Commander Lindsay de Villiers, 22 August, 1939^[9] – 10 April, 1940^[10] (died when ship lost under his command)

Footnotes

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