HMS Hunter (H35)
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HMS Hunter was a H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed on both sides by Britain and France,
HMS Hunter FL10190
Spanish Nationalist E-boat Requeté
German tanker Jan Wellem with a sunk merchant vessel to the right, after the foray of the British destroyers into the fjord of Narvik
Two of the casualties of the sinking of HMS Hunter, both identified, are interred at the Commonwealth War Graves section of Håkvik cemetery in Narvik, alongside 32 unidentified casualties from HMS Hardy
HMS Hardy (H87)
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HMS Hardy was the flotilla leader for the H-class destroyers, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, e
HMS Hunter (H35)
…Flotilla attacked the German destroyers that had transported German troops to occupy Narvik in northern Norway the previous day. The flotilla leader Hardy led four of her half-sisters down Ofotfjord in a surprise dawn attack on Narvik harbour during a blinding snowstorm. Hotspur and Hostile were initially…
HMS Hardy 1936
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The wreckage of Hardy photographed in July 1962
Thirty-two of the casualties of the sinking of HMS Hardy, all unidentified, are interred at the Commonwealth War Graves section of Håkvik cemetery in Narvik, alongside two identified casualties from HMS Hunter