The second HMS Hambledon was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy in commission from 1940 to 1945. She was a member of the first subgroup of the class, and saw service throughout World War II.
HMS Hambledon during World War II.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes wave at HMS Hambledon while on board USS Augusta on the River Scheldt as they head to the Potsdam Conference on 15 July 1945
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. They were named after British fox hunts. The modern Hunt-class GRP hulled mine countermeasure vessels maintain the Hunt names lineage in the Royal Navy.
HMS Blean, a Type III Hunt-class destroyer
A Hunt-class destroyer in dry dock, painting from the Royal Museums Greenwich
Ibrahim al-Awal, formerly Mendip, captured by Israel from Egypt in 1956