Escort destroyers
The Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer HMS Blean (L 47) of the Royal Navy. She was lost on 11 Dec 1942.
All Escort destroyer classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
| Commissioned | ||
|---|---|---|
Royal Navy | ||
| Hunt (Type II) (30) | 1940 - 1942 | |
| Hunt (Type I) (20) | 1940 - 1941 | |
| Hunt (Type III) (23) | 1942 - 1943 | |
| Hunt (Type IV) (2) | 1942 - 1943 | |
4 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Escort destroyers
| Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1941 | ||||
 | 25 Feb 1941 | HMS Exmoor (i) (L 61) | Hunt (Type I) | |
1942 | ||||
| 20 Mar 1942 | HMS Heythrop (L 85) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 24 Mar 1942 | HMS Southwold (L 10) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 12 Jun 1942 | HMS Grove (L 77) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 15 Jun 1942 | HMS Airedale (L 07) | Hunt (Type III) | |
 | 16 Jun 1942 | ORP Kujawiak (L 72) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 19 Aug 1942 | HMS Berkeley (L 17) | Hunt (Type I) | |
| 3 Dec 1942 | HMS Penylan (L 89) | Hunt (Type III) | |
| 11 Dec 1942 | HMS Blean (L 47) | Hunt (Type III) | |
1943 | ||||
 | 14 Apr 1943 | HNoMS Eskdale (L 36) | Hunt (Type III) | |
| 6 Sep 1943 | HMS Puckeridge (L 108) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 22 Oct 1943 | HMS Hurworth (L 28) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 23 Oct 1943 | HMS Limbourne (L 57) | Hunt (Type III) | |
| 13 Nov 1943 | HMS Dulverton (L 63) | Hunt (Type II) | |
| 12 Dec 1943 | HMS Holcombe (L 56) | Hunt (Type III) | |
| 12 Dec 1943 | HMS Tynedale (L 96) | Hunt (Type I) | |
1944 | ||||
| 3 Aug 1944 | HMS Quorn (L 66) | Hunt (Type I) | |
| 14 Dec 1944 | HMS Aldenham (L 22) | Hunt (Type III) | |
1945 | ||||
 | 23 Feb 1945 | FFL La Combattante | Hunt (Type III) | |
19 Escort destroyers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
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