UK Hunt class

[Beagle]

Is GHQs model a type II or type III. The detail sheet in that comes with it gives stats for the second type, but to me it looks like a third type. It kind of matters because if it’s a type III I won’t camouflage it as Ledbury.

[Beagle]

Actually, looking closer at the model and a book, type II, it has no torpedo tubes a it has a “Y” gun. Damn this thing is small. At first I was looking at the funnel and it didn’t look like it was angled, so the silhouette was a little deceiving.

[ww2navyguy]

Yeah, I think it is a type II as well. I think the CinC model is a Type I version. Others might have better information on this forum for the correct versions on each model. I think the only way to get a Type III is via 3D printing.

[Beagle]

Donald Scheef will see this sooner or later, I’m sure he’ll confirm or deny. I want the model to be a type II so I can make it the Ledbury. If it is, I’ve only been able to find a picture of her STBD side, so I think I might have to mirror the camouflage.

[Donald M. Scheef]

Definitely Type 2. Type 1 and Type 3 had only two twin 4-inch mounts. Type 1 had 4-barrel pom-pom in Y position. Type 2 had three twin 4-inch mounts and pom-pom moved to abaft the funnel. GHQ's UKN17 has this arrangement. Type 3 had twin 21-inch torpedo tubes. Type 4 had clearly different hull design.
Sorry, but I can't address CinC's product. I know I have some, but they are hidden in my storage at the moment and I don't want to bother digging them out.
Also, for HMS Ledbury port-side camouflage, I have no reference.
Don S.

[Beagle]

Thanks for confirming Don. I think I’m going add a touch of artistic license to the port side. I found a decent picture of the fantail, to just forward of the aft deckhouse, but I can’t find anything forward of that. But aft at least is different from the stbd side.

[Beagle]

Never mind my last, I found and excellent picture of the port side, on a French language forum!!!!! Absolutely no idea what the thread was about other than Operation Pedestal, lol. The pictures are obviously from different times because there are some changes to the ship, but I'm not that savvy on her history to know when she was modified and with what.



Now, if we can get FDD to make some hull numbers for RN tin cans

[michaelw43]

GHQ's UK17 is definitely a Type II Hunt class. The Type I had 2 twin 4" HA QF guns in A and Y positions, with a quad 2-pdr in X position, no torpedo tubes, a slightly angled funnel with a squared off top, and a mast parallel to it. Type II had 3 twin 4" HA QF guns in A, X, and Y positions, with a quad 2-pdr abaft the funnel, no torpedo tubes, and a funnel and mast like Type I. Type III had 2 twin 4" HA QF guns in A and X positions, with a quad 2-pdr abaft the funnel, and a twin torpedo tube mount immediately aft of that. The funnel was vertical, with a slanted top in lieu of an angled funnel cap, and the mast was also vertical. There are also other, less prominent differences. The hulls were identical in Types II and III, and were 2 and 1/2 feet wider than Type I; all three were of the same length. Type IVs were larger ships of a different appearance featuring a very long forecastle like British frigates.
Photos and detailed histories can be found online at naval-history.net/xGM-aContents.htm under Escort Destroyers, Hunt-class. The main data source I used is M. J. Whitley's Destroyers of World War Two, An International Encyclopedia.

Michael D. Waters

[StarCruiser]

Just FYI - the CinC Hunt is also a Type 2 - based on pics on LIVH...