H.M.S. Hunter (1936)

H.M.S. Hunter was one of thirty-five "G","H" and "I" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Gibraltar on 29 May, 1937.^[5]

She commissioned at Malta on 18 October, 1938 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Alfred Charles Behague.^[6]

Lieutenant-Commander Alfred C. Behague, 18 October, 1938^[7] – mid 1939
Lieutenant-Commander Lindsay de Villiers, 22 August, 1939^[8] – 10 April, 1940^[9] (died when ship lost under his command)

↑ 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.
↑ 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.