Hunt Class

Three ship classes of the Royal Navy have been known as the Hunt class:

  • Hunt class minesweeper (1916), 20 minesweepers that served in World War I
  • Hunt class destroyer, Destroyer escorts which served in World War II
  • Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel, 13 MCMVs launched from 1978 to 1988

Famous quotes containing the words hunt and/or class:

    O momentary grace of mortal men,
    Which we more hunt for than the grace of God!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Mankind divides itself into two classes,—benefactors and malefactors. The second class is vast, the first a handful.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)