The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. The first vessels were ordered in early 1939 to meet the need for compact, wel
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
An escort destroyer was a small warship built to full naval standards which was optimised for air-defence and anti-submarine duties in wartime, but which retained many of the capabilities of a traditi
Hunt-class destroyer
…The Hunt class was a class of escort destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. The first vessels were ordered in early 1939 to meet the need for compact…
USS Bache following DDE conversion with Weapon Alpha replacing mount 52.