Hunt class frigate

HMS Atherstone (L05) underway in September 1942.

The Hunt-class was a class of frigate 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 contemporary Hunt-class of GRP hulled mine countermeasure vessels maintain the Hunt names lineage in the Royal Navy.

Specifications

• Type: Frigate
• Service Period: 1940-1947
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 298 feet (90.83 meters)
  • Beam: 33 feet 6 inches (10.21 meters)
  • Draft: 8 feet (2.44 meters)
  • Displacement: 1,300 tons (Standard); 1,730 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 170
• Propulsion: 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines, 21,000 shp (15,750 kW)
• Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
• Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
• Armament:
  • 6 x QF 4"/45-caliber Mk.XVI dual purpose naval guns (3x2)
  • 4 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (1x4)
  • 4 x Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannons (2x2)
  • 4 x 21" torpedo tubes (1x4)
  • 1 x depth charge rail
  • 2 x depth charge throwers
  • 40 x depth charges

Unit Run

• HMS Badsworth (L03) - transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed KNM Arendal
• HMS Atherstone (L05)
• HMS Avon Vale (L06)
• HMS Airedale (L07)
• HMS Burton (L08) - transferred to Royal Danish Navy, renamed HDMS Valdemar Sejr
• HMS Easton (L09)
• HMS Southwold (L10)
• HMS Fernie (L11)
• HMS Albrighton (L12) - transferred to Bundesmarine, renamed BMS Raule
• HMS Beaufort (L14) - transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed KNM Haugesund
• HMS Eggesford (L15) - transferred to Bundesmarine, renamed BMS Brommy
• HMS Stevenstone (L16)
• HMS Berkeley (L17)
• HMS Talybont (L18)
• HMS Haldon (L19) - transferred to Free French Navy, renamed MN La Combattante
• HMS Garth (L20)
• HMS Aldemham (L22)
• HMS Blencathra (L24)
• HMS Southdown (L25)
• HMS Bedale (L26) - transferred to Royal Indian Navy, renamed HMIS Godavari
• HMS Goathland (L27)
• HMS Hurworth (L28)
• HMS Blankney (L30)
• HMS Belvoir (L32)
• HMS Bicester (L34)
• HMS Cattistock (L35)
• HMS Eskdale (L36) - transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed KNM Tromsdalen
• HMS Hambledon (L37)
• HMS Rockwood (L39)
• HMS Brocklesby (L42)
• HMS Blackmore (L43) - transferred to Royal Danish Navy, renamed HDMS Esbern Snare
• HMS Glaisdale (L44) - transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed KNM Narvik
• HMS Whaddon (L45)
• HMS Cleveland (L46)
• HMS Blean (L47)
• HMS Holderness (L48)
• HMS Bleasdale (L50)
• HMS Bramham (L51) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Themistoklis
• HMS Cowdray (L52) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Astings
• HMS Hatherleigh (L53) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Kanaris
• HMS Cotsworld (L54)
• HMS Holcombe (L56)
• HMS Limbourne (L57)
• HMS Quantock (L58) - sold to Ecuadorian Navy, renamed BAE Presidente Alfaro
• HMS Zetland (L59) - transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy, renamed KNM Tromsø
• HMS Mendip (L60) - transferred to Free China Navy/Republic of China Navy, renamed ROCS Lin Fu
• HMS Exmoor (L61)
• HMS Croom (L62)
• HMS Dulverton (L63)
• HMS Bolebroke (L65) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Pindos
• HMS Quorn (L66)
• HMS Border (L67) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Adrias
• HMS Eridge (L68)
• HMS Tanatside (L69)
• HMS Farndale (L70) - sold to Egyptian Navy, renamed Ibrahim el-Awal
• HMS Calpe (L71) - transferred to Royal Danish Navy, renamed HDMS Rolf Krake
• HMS Oakley (L72) - transferred to Polish Navy, renamed ORP Kujawiak
• HMS Melbreak (L73)
• HMS Middleton (L74)
• HMS Cottesmore (L75) - sold to Egyptian Navy, renamed Mohamed Ali el-Kebir
• HMS Brecon (L76) - transferred to Isreali Navy, renamed INS Matspen
• HMS Grove (L77)
• HMS Haydon (L78) - sold to Egyptian Navy, renamed Port Said
• HMS Brissenden (L79) - transferred to Israel, renamed INS Haifa
• HMS Catterick (L81)
• HMS Meynell (L82) - sold to Ecuadorian Navy, renamed BAE Presidente Velasco Ibarra
• HMS Derwent (L83)
• HMS Hursley (L84) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Kriti
• HMS Heythrop (L85)
• HMS Wensleydale (L86)
• HMS Eglinton (L87)
• HMS Lamerton (L88) - transferred to Royal Indian Navy, renamed HMIS Gomati
• HMS Penylan (L89)
• HMS Ledbury (L90)
• HMS Modbury (L91) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Miaoulis
• HMS Pytchley (L92)
• HMS Chiddingfold (L94) - transferred to Royal Indian Navy, renamed HMIS Ganga
• HMS Lauderdale (L95) - transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy, renamed VP Aigaion
• HMS Tynedale (L96)
• HMS Tickham (L98) - sold to Bundesmarine, renamed BMS Gneisenau
• HMS Tetcott (L99)
• HMS Liddesmore (L100)
• HMS Puckeridge (L108)
• HMS Silverton (L115) - transferred to Polish Navy, renamed ORP Krakowiak
• HMS Wheatland (L122)
• HMS Wilton (L128)