#hms hunter

[theworldatwar]

A Seafire III of 807 squadron has a tricky landing on escort carrier HMS Hunter - exact date and location unknown. A great many Seafires were written off due to accidents like these.

[osinfulserpent]

azur lane chars as reductress titles pt. 2

[osinfulserpent]

If you had to make one: who would make up your Daughter Squad fleet?

daughter fleet daughter fleet

frontline:

gotta put Z24. best daughter, top tier.

libeccio/maestrale. i just have a soft spot for them due to being my first two pulls from the event

hunter: design wise? immaculate. i'm aware i just really like Big Dogs, so hunter is v high on the Best Daughters list. also the bloodborne ref is neat

backline:

erebus and terror: if it wasn't obvious by now i do just like the 'undead' ships. plus their character growth in their affinity lines is too fucking cute

abercrombie: alright look she's a little shit but she's a cute little shit. also the fact she just shoots the commander that gets her to disappointed is very cool of her. direct action.

[rosemariecawkwell]

Review: 'Doomed Destroyer', by Ron Cope

Review: ‘Doomed Destroyer’, by Ron Cope

Published By: Clink Street Publication Date: 10th April 2018 I.S.B.N.: 978-1912262069 Format: Paperback Price: £12.99 Blurb On March 1st 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered Operation Weserubung: the invasion of Norway. Having swept across Europe, the Nazi assault on Scandinavia was designed to secure the valuable iron ore being delivered by rail from Sweden to the Norwegian port of Narvik. To complete the…

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[charlesmccain]

[Charles McCain] HMS <i>Hunter</i>, Sunk During First Battle of Narvik 10 April 1940, Found in One Thousand Feet of Water - Part 1

Part 1 + HMS Hunter in a pre-war photograph - 'H' class Royal Navy destroyer commissioned in September of 1936. 'H' class destroyers were 323 feet long and could reach a maximum speed of 36 knots and hour although in an emergency they could probably go to 38 knots. 'H' class were armed with 4.7 inch naval cannon, depth charges and torpedoes. While the wreck of HMS Hunter was discovered in March of 2008, my loyal readers know that I can be late in posting breaking news such as this — especially because I only learned of this two weeks ago while researching the First Battle of Narvik. From the BBC of Wednesday, 5 March 2008: Sunken WWII ship found in fjord The wreck of a Royal Navy destroyer has been found in a Norwegian fjord, 68 years after she sank during battle. HMS Hunter has remained undisturbed since April 1940 when she sank, killing 110 people during the Battle of Narvik. It was found 305m (1,000ft) under water by a Norwegian mine control vessel on a multinational training exercise. I expect better writing from the BBC. First error, the writer used the word “people” instead of 'men' or 'crew' or 'officers and ratings' which is the traditional way to refer to the men of a warship. And this being 1940, they were all men. Second, the modifying clause which comes after “...when she sank, killing 110 people during the Battle of Narvik” implies that when the ship sank, that action killed 110 people who could have been a group of people including some watching from the shore or living at the bottom of the fjord or just some random group killed in a tragedy like a train wreck. The ship did not kill the 110 officers and ratings when it sank. A number of the men were already dead from the fierce surface battle against five heavy German destroyers. The remainder of the men drowned when the ship went to the bottom. The rest of the mangled story is on the BBC site. [Source: BBC. Image courtesy of Wrecksite.]