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.hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hunter" title="HMS Hunter">HMS Hunter</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/HMS_H35" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS H35">HMS H35</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg/300px-HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg/450px-HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg/600px-HMS_Hunter_FL10190.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="527" /></a></span> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Hunter</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>13 December 1934</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Hunter" title="Swan Hunter">Swan Hunter</a>, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Cost</td><td>£253,167</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>25 March 1935</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>25 February 1936</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>30 September 1936</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a>: H35</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk in the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Narvik">First Battle of Narvik</a>, 10 April 1940</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">H-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,350 long tons (1,370&#160;t) (<a href="/wiki/Standard_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard displacement">standard</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,883 long tons (1,913&#160;t) (<a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>323&#160;ft (98.5&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>33&#160;ft (10.1&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>12&#160;ft 5&#160;in (3.8&#160;m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_3-drum_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty 3-drum boiler">Admiralty 3-drum boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">34,000&#160;<a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (25,000&#160;kW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 shafts, geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>36 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (67&#160;km/h; 41&#160;mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>5,530&#160;<a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (10,240&#160;km; 6,360&#160;mi) at 15 knots (28&#160;km/h; 17&#160;mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>137 (peacetime), 146 (wartime)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><a href="/wiki/ASDIC" class="mw-redirect" title="ASDIC">ASDIC</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × single <a href="/wiki/4.7_inch_QF_Mark_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="4.7 inch QF Mark IX">4.7&#160;in (120&#160;mm) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × quadruple <a href="/wiki/Vickers_.50_machine_gun" title="Vickers .50 machine gun">0.5&#160;in (12.7&#160;mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_machinegun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft machinegun">AA MGs</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × quadruple <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21&#160;in (533&#160;mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tubes" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo tubes">torpedo tubes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">20 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a>, 1 rail and 2 throwers</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Hunter</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">H-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> in the mid-1930s. During the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> of 1936–1939 the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed on both sides by Britain and France, until she struck a <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mine</a> in May 1937. She was under repair for the next year and a half, after which she rejoined the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Mediterranean Fleet</a>. During the first few months of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, <i>Hunter</i> searched for German <a href="/wiki/Commerce_raider" class="mw-redirect" title="Commerce raider">commerce raiders</a> in the Atlantic Ocean until she was transferred back to Britain in February 1940. Returning to action in the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">Norwegian Campaign</a>, she was sunk by German destroyers during the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Narvik">First Battle of Narvik</a> in April 1940. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Hunter</i> displaced 1,350 long tons (1,370&#160;t) at <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a> load and 1,883 long tons (1,913&#160;t) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. The ship had an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 323 feet (98.5&#160;m), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 33 feet (10.1&#160;m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 12&#160;feet 5&#160;inches (3.8&#160;m). She was powered by <a href="/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company" title="Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company">Parsons</a> geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 34,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (25,000&#160;kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (67&#160;km/h; 41&#160;mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a>. <i>Hunter</i> carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480&#160;t) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a> that gave her a range of 5,530 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (10,240&#160;km; 6,360&#160;mi) at 15 knots (28&#160;km/h; 17&#160;mph). The ship's complement was 137 officers and men in peacetime,<sup id="cite_ref-w78_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w78-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but this was increased to 146 in wartime.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship mounted four 45-<a href="/wiki/Caliber_(artillery)" title="Caliber (artillery)">calibre</a> <a href="/wiki/4.7_inch_QF_Mark_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="4.7 inch QF Mark XII">4.7-inch (120&#160;mm) Mark IX guns</a> in single mounts. For <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> (AA) defence, <i>Hunter</i> had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_.50_machine_gun" title="Vickers .50 machine gun">0.5&#160;inch Vickers Mark III</a> machine gun. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tube</a> mounts for <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch (533&#160;mm)</a> torpedoes.<sup id="cite_ref-w78_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w78-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ordered on 13 December 1934, <i>Hunter</i> was laid down by <a href="/wiki/Swan_Hunter_%26_Wigham_Richardson" class="mw-redirect" title="Swan Hunter &amp; Wigham Richardson">Swan Hunter &amp; Wigham Richardson</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wallsend-on-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Wallsend-on-Tyne">Wallsend-on-Tyne</a>, England, on 27 March 1935. She was launched on 25 February 1936 and completed on 30 September. Excluding government-furnished equipment such as armament, the ship cost £253,167.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Hunter</i> was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="2nd Destroyer Flotilla">2nd Destroyer Flotilla</a> of the Mediterranean Fleet upon commissioning.<sup id="cite_ref-e2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LanchaRequet%C3%A9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/LanchaRequet%C3%A9.jpg/220px-LanchaRequet%C3%A9.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/LanchaRequet%C3%A9.jpg/330px-LanchaRequet%C3%A9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/LanchaRequet%C3%A9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="265" /></a><figcaption>Spanish Nationalist <a href="/wiki/E-boat" title="E-boat">E-boat</a> <i>Requeté</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The destroyer patrolled Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War, enforcing the edicts of the <a href="/wiki/Non-Intervention_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Intervention Committee">Non-Intervention Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-e2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Hunter</i> struck a mine south of <a href="/wiki/Almeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Almeria">Almeria</a>, Spain, on the afternoon of 13 May 1937. She suffered severe damage, with a heavy list, her radio wrecked and the bow flooded. Eight of her complement were killed and 24 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-gret_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gret-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The ship was towed clear of the minefield by the Spanish <a href="/wiki/Second_Spanish_Republic" title="Second Spanish Republic">Republican</a> destroyer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Spanish_destroyer_Lazaga&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Spanish destroyer Lazaga (page does not exist)"><i>Lazaga</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-e2_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The mines had been laid by two ex-German <a href="/wiki/Spain_under_Franco" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain under Franco">Spanish Nationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/E-boat" title="E-boat">E-boats</a>, the <i>Requeté</i> and the <i>Falange</i> on the night of 6 April.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Hunter</i> was towed to Almeria by <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hyperion_(H97)" title="HMS Hyperion (H97)"><i>Hyperion</i></a>, where she arrived in the early hours of 14 May. The <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Arethusa_(26)" title="HMS Arethusa (26)"><i>Arethusa</i></a> towed her to <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-gret_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gret-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> where she was temporarily repaired from 15 May to 18 August. <i>Hunter</i> was towed to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> for permanent repairs in August 1937, but they were not completed until 10 November 1938. The ship was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla once her repairs were finished and she was given a brief overhaul in Malta between 24 June and 4 July 1939. <i>Hunter</i> was sent to Plymouth for a more thorough refit in mid-August 1939 that lasted through 27 August.<sup id="cite_ref-e2_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16,_Narvik,_Hafen,_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16%2C_Narvik%2C_Hafen%2C_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16%2C_Narvik%2C_Hafen%2C_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16%2C_Narvik%2C_Hafen%2C_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16%2C_Narvik%2C_Hafen%2C_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16%2C_Narvik%2C_Hafen%2C_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-5618-16%2C_Narvik%2C_Hafen%2C_gesunkene_Schiffe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="509" /></a><figcaption>German tanker <i>Jan Wellem</i> with a sunk merchant vessel to the right, after the foray of the British destroyers into the fjord of Narvik</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>When the Second World War began on 3 September, <i>Hunter</i> was en route to <a href="/wiki/Freetown" title="Freetown">Freetown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> to search for German commerce raiders, before being transferred to the <a href="/wiki/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station" title="North America and West Indies Station">North America and West Indies Station</a> in late October. <i>Hunter</i> remained on that station until she was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a> in February 1940 and began a refit at <a href="/wiki/Falmouth,_Cornwall" title="Falmouth, Cornwall">Falmouth</a> that lasted until 9 March. The ship rejoined the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> at <a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow">Scapa Flow</a> on 17 March.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 6 April <i>Hunter</i> and the rest of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla escorted the four destroyer <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayers</a> of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=20th_Destroyer_Flotilla&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="20th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">20th Destroyer Flotilla</a> as they sailed to implement <a href="/wiki/Operation_Wilfred" title="Operation Wilfred">Operation Wilfred</a>, an operation to lay <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Vestfjorden_(Norway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vestfjorden (Norway)">Vestfjord</a> to prevent the transport of Swedish iron ore from <a href="/wiki/Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="Narvik">Narvik</a> to Germany. The mines were laid on the early morning of 8 April, before the Germans began their invasion, and the destroyers joined the <a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">battlecruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Renown_(1916)" title="HMS Renown (1916)"><i>Renown</i></a> and her escorts.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery,_Narvik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Colour photo of two rows of dark grey gravestones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery%2C_Narvik.jpg/220px-HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery%2C_Narvik.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery%2C_Narvik.jpg/330px-HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery%2C_Narvik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery%2C_Narvik.jpg/440px-HMS_Hunter_graves_at_H%C3%A5kvik_cemetery%2C_Narvik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2538" /></a><figcaption>Two of the casualties of the sinking of HMS <i>Hunter</i>, both identified, are interred at the Commonwealth War Graves section of <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kvik" title="Håkvik">Håkvik</a> cemetery in Narvik, alongside 32 unidentified casualties from HMS <i>Hardy</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>During the First Battle of Narvik on 10 April 1940, <i>Hunter</i> and four other H-class ships of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla attacked the <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">German</a> destroyers that had transported <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German</a> troops to occupy <a href="/wiki/Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="Narvik">Narvik</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> the previous day. The <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hardy_(H87)" title="HMS Hardy (H87)"><i>Hardy</i></a> led four of her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">half-sisters</a> down <a href="/wiki/Ofotfjord" title="Ofotfjord">Ofotfjord</a> in a surprise dawn attack on Narvik harbour during a blinding snowstorm. <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hotspur_(H01)" title="HMS Hotspur (H01)"><i>Hotspur</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hostile_(H55)" title="HMS Hostile (H55)"><i>Hostile</i></a> were initially left at the entrance, but <i>Hunter</i> followed <i>Hardy</i> into the harbour and fired all eight of her torpedoes into the mass of shipping. One torpedo hit the <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z22_Anton_Schmitt" title="German destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt">German destroyer&#160;<i>Z22 Anton Schmitt</i></a> in the forward engine room, followed by one of <i>Hunter</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s 4.7-inch shells. As the British ships were withdrawing, they encountered five German destroyers at close range. Two of the German ships <a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_T" title="Crossing the T">crossed the T</a> of the British ships and quickly set <i>Hardy</i> on fire and forced her to run aground. <i>Hunter</i> eventually took the lead, but was severely damaged by the Germans, probably including one torpedo hit, and her speed dropped rapidly. <i>Hotspur</i>, immediately behind her, was temporarily out of control due to two hits, and rammed her from behind. When the ships managed to disengage, <i>Hunter</i> <a href="/wiki/Capsized" class="mw-redirect" title="Capsized">capsized</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 107 men of the crew were killed and another five died of their wounds. The German destroyers rescued 46 men, who were released into Sweden on 13 April.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rediscovery">Rediscovery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Rediscovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Hunter_H35_Wreck.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/HMS_Hunter_H35_Wreck.JPG/300px-HMS_Hunter_H35_Wreck.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/HMS_Hunter_H35_Wreck.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="367" data-file-height="271" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Reuters photo handout of HMS <i>Hunter</i> wreck, London, 8 March 2008</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The wreck was discovered on 5 March 2008 by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a> mine control vessel <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Tyr_(N50)" title="HNoMS Tyr (N50)">HNoMS&#160;<i>Tyr</i></a>, after being unknown for nearly 70 years, and will be marked as a war grave to commemorate the lost members of her crew.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters20080310_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters20080310-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A series of coordinated memorial ceremonies were held on board British and Norwegian warships on Saturday 8 March 2008, honouring all those who died during the battles of Narvik. Over a thousand <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> personnel took part, including British and Norwegian sailors, Royal Marines and soldiers. Led by <a href="/wiki/HMS_Albion_(L14)" title="HMS Albion (L14)">HMS&#160;<i>Albion</i></a>, the UK's Fleet Amphibious Flagship, five warships steamed in line past the spot where the ship lies, marked for the occasion by <i>Tyr</i>. <i>Hunter</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s final resting place was marked with wreaths cast into the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-Bbc20080305_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bbc20080305-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Adjusted for inflation to 2024 pounds, £22,702,323.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-w78-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-w78_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-w78_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 109</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, pp. 89, 102</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, p. 141</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, pp. 102–03</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-e2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-e2_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e2_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e2_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e2_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">English, p. 112</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gret-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gret_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gret_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Gretton_(Royal_Navy_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Gretton (Royal Navy officer)">Gretton, Peter</a> (1984). <i>El Factor Olvidado: La Marina Británica y la Guerra Civil Española</i>. Editorial San Martín, pp. 256–257. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-7140-224-6" title="Special:BookSources/84-7140-224-6">84-7140-224-6</a>. <span class="languageicon">(in Spanish)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moreno, Fernando: <i>La guerra silenciosa y silenciada: historia de la campaña naval durante la guerra de 1936–1939</i>. Volume 3. F. Moreno de Alborán y de Reyna, 1998, p. 1608 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/84-923691-3-2" title="Special:BookSources/84-923691-3-2">84-923691-3-2</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Spanish)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, pp. 112–13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, pp. 65, 87, 308, 337</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016223/hakvik-cemetery/">"Hakvik Cemetery"</a>. Commonwealth War Graves Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Hakvik+Cemetery&amp;rft.pub=Commonwealth+War+Graves+Commission&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cwgc.org%2Ffind-a-cemetery%2Fcemetery%2F2016223%2Fhakvik-cemetery%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Hunter+%28H35%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haarr, pp. 339–47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, p. 113</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Reuters20080310-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Reuters20080310_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080315043433/http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL1015923120080310">"World War Two ship found in Norwegian fjord"</a>. Reuters. 10 March 2008. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL1015923120080310">the original</a> on 15 March 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 March</span> 2008</span>. <q>We searched the area where HMS Hunter most likely was located and spent around 14 hours before we found the vessel.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=World+War+Two+ship+found+in+Norwegian+fjord&amp;rft.date=2008-03-10&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FdomesticNews%2FidUKL1015923120080310&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Hunter+%28H35%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bbc20080305-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bbc20080305_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7280215.stm">"Sunken WW2 warship found in fjord"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 March</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Sunken+WW2+warship+found+in+fjord&amp;rft.date=2008-03-05&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk%2F7280215.stm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Hunter+%28H35%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hunter_(H35)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEnglish1993" class="citation book cs1">English, John (1993). <i>Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s</i>. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-905617-64-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-905617-64-9"><bdi>0-905617-64-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Amazon+to+Ivanhoe%3A+British+Standard+Destroyers+of+the+1930s&amp;rft.place=Kendal%2C+England&amp;rft.pub=World+Ship+Society&amp;rft.date=1993&amp;rft.isbn=0-905617-64-9&amp;rft.aulast=English&amp;rft.aufirst=John&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Hunter+%28H35%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaarr2009" class="citation book cs1">Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/germaninvasionof00geir"><i>The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940</i></a></span>. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jurua-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Jurua-class destroyer"><i>Jurua</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hurricane_(H06)" title="HMS Hurricane (H06)"><i>Japura</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Havant_(H32)" title="HMS Havant (H32)"><i>Javary</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Highlander_(H44)" title="HMS Highlander (H44)"><i>Jaguaribe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Harvester_(H19)" title="HMS Harvester (H19)"><i>Jurua</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hesperus_(H57)" title="HMS Hesperus (H57)"><i>Juruena</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Havelock_(H88)" title="HMS Havelock (H88)"><i>Jutahy</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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title="HNoMS Brand (1898)">HNoMS&#160;<i>Brand</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eskimo_(F75)" title="HMS Eskimo (F75)">HMS&#160;<i>Eskimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_minesweeper_Sperrbrecher_18" title="German minesweeper Sperrbrecher 18"><i>Schürbek</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Storm_(1898)" title="HNoMS Storm (1898)">HNoMS&#160;<i>Storm</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Honningsv%C3%A5g" title="HNoMS Honningsvåg">Malangen</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Brand_(1898)" title="HNoMS Brand (1898)">HNoMS&#160;<i>Brand</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Achille" title="French submarine Achille"><i>Achille</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Pasteur" title="French submarine Pasteur"><i>Pasteur</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1939" title="List of shipwrecks in 1939">1939</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1939" title="List of shipwrecks in 1939"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1940" title="List of shipwrecks in 1940">1940</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1941" title="List of shipwrecks in 1941"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" 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