Escort destroyers

Hunt (Type III) class

32 ships

The Hunt (Type III) class escort destroyer RHS Adrias.

Type	Escort destroyer
Displacement	1050 BRT
Length	85.3 m
Complement	168 men
Armament	4 4" AA guns (2x2) 4 2pdr AA (1x4) 3 20mm AA (3x1) 2 21" torpedo tubes (1x2)
Max speed	29 knots
Engines	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power	19000 HP
Notes on class	Torpedo tubes were added to this variant of the Hunt-class design. To compensate for the weight of the torpedo tubes only 2 twin 4" gun mounts were carried.

All ships of the Hunt (Type III) class:

Free French Navy (more on Free French Navy)

FFL La Combattante (ex. HMS Haldon) (lost 23 Feb 1945)

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Bolebroke (L 65) (To the Royal Hellenic Navy as Pindos)
HMS Border (L 67) (To the Royal Hellenic Navy as Adrias)
HMS Haldon (L 19) (Became the Free French destroyer La Combattante)
HMS Hatherleigh (L 53) (To the Royal Hellenic Navy as Kanaris)
HMS Modbury (L 91) (To the Royal Hellenic Navy as Miaoulis)
HMS Airedale (L 07) (lost 15 Jun 1942)
HMS Albrighton (L 12)
HMS Aldenham (L 22) (lost 14 Dec 1944)
HMS Belvoir (L 32)
HMS Blean (L 47) (lost 11 Dec 1942)
HMS Bleasdale (L 50)
HMS Catterick (L 81)
HMS Derwent (L 83)
HMS Easton (L 09)
HMS Eggesford (L 15)
HMS Goathland (L 27)
HMS Haydon (L 75)
HMS Holcombe (L 56) (lost 12 Dec 1943)
HMS Limbourne (L 57) (lost 23 Oct 1943)
HMS Melbreak (L 73)
HMS Penylan (L 89) (lost 3 Dec 1942)
HMS Rockwood (L 39)
HMS Stevenstone (L 16)
HMS Talybont (L 18)
HMS Tantaside (L 69)
HMS Wensleydale (L 86)

Royal Norwegian Navy (more on Royal Norwegian Navy)

HNoMS Eskdale (L 36) (lost 14 Apr 1943)
HNoMS Glaisdale (L 44)

Royal Hellenic Navy (more on Royal Hellenic Navy)

RHS Adrias (L 67)
RHS Kanaris (L 53)
RHS Miaoulis (L 91)
RHS Pindos (L 65)

8 escort destroyers of the Hunt (Type III) class lost.

Hunt (Type III) class ships hit by U-boats (2)
11 Dec 1942	HMS Blean	Sunk	U-443
12 Dec 1943	HMS Holcombe	Sunk	U-593