This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hunter, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 68 24.55 N,17 3.59 E (68.409166666667, 17.059833333333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HMS HUNTER

Length 98.5 meter, width: 9.8 meter, tonnage 1335 ton

Cause: launched in 1936 by swan hunter, wigham richardson ltd, wallsend-on-tyne. twin turbines of 34,000shp for 35.5 knots. 4 x 4.7 inch ha guns, 8 x 21 inch torpedo tubes. sunk during the first battle of narvik. the squadron of six vessels were engaged by five german destroyers. in the ensuing battle the leader, hms hardy, was beached in flames and hunter sank after receiving heavy fire and colliding with hms hotspur. (warship losses ww2, wilkipedia). 101 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 6820.0N, 1704.0E. (WARSHIP LOSSES WW2). 3.3.08 LOCATED IN 6824.55N, 1703.59E [WGD]. FOUND BY M/B AND ECHOSOUNDER BY HNOMS TYR. EXAMINED BY ROV AND IDENTIFIED BY THE CREST, WHICH WAS STILL READABLE. SITE AND WRECK HAVE NOT BEEN DISTURBED. (NORWEGIAN JOINT HQ, SIGNAL DTD 2.3.08). INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 68 24.55 N,17 3.59 E

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