List of ships of the Second World War (H)
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This is a list of ships of the Second World War ships starting with H. [1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.
Ship | Country | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
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H28 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 29 June 1918 | scrapped 18 August 1944 |
H31 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 21 February 1919 | sunk 24 December 1941 |
H32 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 14 May 1919 | scrapped 18 October 1944 |
H33 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 17 May 1919 | scrapped 19 May 1944 |
H34 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 10 September 1919 | scrapped July 1945 |
H43 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 25 November 1919 | scrapped November 1944 |
H44 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 15 April 1920 | scrapped February 1945 |
H49 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 25 October 1919 | sunk 18 October 1940 |
H50 | Royal Navy | H | submarine | 518 | 3 February 1920 | scrapped July 1945 |
Haguro | Imperial Japanese Navy | Myoko class heavy cruiser | 13,300 | 25 April 1929 | sunk 16 May 1945 | |
Hai Chao | China | sloop | sloop | 1,250 | ||
Hai Chen | China | gunship | 2,680 | |||
Hai Chi | China | gunship | 4,300 | |||
Hai Chou | China | gunship | 2,680 | |||
Hai Yung | China | gunship | 2,680 | |||
Haida | Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 2,020 | 30 August 1943 | paid off11 October 1963, museum ship |
Halifax | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 26 November 1941 | paid off 12 July 1945 |
Hallowell | Royal Canadian Navy | River | frigate | 1,445 | 8 August 1944 | paid off 7 November 1945 |
Hambledon | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 8 June 1940 | paid off December 1945, scrapped 1957 |
Hambleton | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 December 1941 | decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1972 |
Hamilton | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Town | destroyer | 1,060 | 23 September 1940 | to Canada June 1941 |
Hammann | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 11 August 1939 | sunk 6 June 1942 |
Hancock | United States Navy | Ticonderoga | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 15 April 1944 | 30 January 1976 |
Hansa | Kriegsmarine | auxiliary cruiser | 9,138 | 2 February 1944 | scrapped 1971 | |
Harald Haarfagre, later Thetis |
Norway, Kriegsmarine |
coastal defence ship | 3,858 | 21 March 1898 | captured by Germany 9 April 1940, renamed Thetis, scrapped 1948 | |
Harder | United States | Gato class submarine | 1,525 surfaced | 2 December 1942 | Sunk 24 August 1944 | |
Harding | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 25 May 1943 | scrapped 1947 |
Hardy (I) | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,455 | 11 December 1936 | beached and capsized under attack 10 April 1940 |
Hardy (II) | Royal Navy | V | destroyer | 1,710 | August 1943 | sunk 30 January 1944 |
Harebell | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | ||
Haruna | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kongō battlecruiser | 31,660 | sunk 28 July 1945 | ||
Harvester | Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 23 May 1940 | sunk 11 March 1943 |
Haste | United States Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 6 April 1943 | paid off 3 October 1945 |
Hasty | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 11 November 1936 | sunk 15 June 1942. |
Havant | Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 19 December 1939 | scuttled 1 June 1940 |
Havelock | Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 10 February 1940 | scrapped October 1946 |
Havock | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 16 January 1937 | ran aground 6 April 1942 |
Hawkesbury | Royal Canadian Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 14 June 1944 | 10 July 1945 |
Hayatake | Imperial Japanese Navy | aircraft carrier | 24,150 | 3 May 1942 | scrapped 1946 | |
Haydon | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 24 October 1942 | paid off and scrapped 1958 |
Heartsease | Royal Navy United States Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 4 June 1940 | to USA 3 April 1942 as Courage, to UK 23 August 1945 |
Heather | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 1 November 1940 | |
Heermann | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,050 | 6 July 1943 | transfer to Argentina 1961, scrapped 1982 |
Hekla | Denmark | light cruiser hulk | 1,322 | |||
Helena | USA | St. Louis class light cruiser | 10,000 | 18 September 1939 | sunk 6 July 1943 | |
Heliotrope | Royal Navy United States Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 12 September 1940 | to USA as Surprise 24 March 1942., to UK 26 August 1945 |
Helm | United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 16 October 1937 | scrapped 1947 |
Hemlock | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | ||
Henley | United States Navy | Bagley | destroyer | 1,500 | 14 August 1937 | sunk 3 October 1943 |
Hepatica | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 12 November 1940 | to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 27 June 1945 |
Hereward | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 9 December 1936 | sunk 29 May 1941 |
Hermes | Royal Navy | aircraft carrier | 10,850 | 7 July 1923 | sunk 9 April 1942 | |
Herndon | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 20 December 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1973 |
Hero | Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy |
H | destroyer | 1,350 | 23 October 1936 | to Canada 15 November 1943 as HMCS Chaudière, paid off 19 March 1946 |
Hesperus | Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 22 January 1940 | scrapped November 1946 |
Heythrop | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | sunk 20 March 1942 | |
Hibiscus | Royal Navy United States Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 21 May 1940 | to USA as Spry 2 May 1942, to UK 26 August 1945 |
Highlander | Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 18 March 1940 | scrapped May 1946 |
Hindustan | Royal Indian Navy | Folkestone | Sloop | 1,045 | 10 October 1930 | Transferred to Pakistan 1948, renamed Karsaz |
Hiei | Imperial Japanese Navy | Kongō battlecruiser | 36,600 | 1914 | sunk 14 November 1942 | |
Hilary P. Jones | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 6 September 1940 | to Taiwan 1954, scrapped 1974 |
Hiryū | Imperial Japanese Navy | Sōryū | aircraft carrier | 17,300 | 5 July 1939 | sunk 5 June 1942 |
Hiyō | Imperial Japanese Navy | Hiyō | aircraft carrier | 24,140 | 31 July 1942 | sunk 20 June 1944 |
Hobart | Royal Australian Navy | modified Leander class light cruiser | 6,980 | 28 September 1938 | scrapped 1962 | |
Hobby | United States Navy | Benson | destroyer | 1,620 | 18 November 1942 | decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1972 |
Hobson | United States Navy | Gleaves | destroyer | 1,630 | 22 January 1942 | sunk in collision 1952 |
Hoel | United States Navy | Fletcher | destroyer | 2,100 | 19 July 1943 | sunk 25 October 1944, Battle of Samar |
Holderness | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,000 | 10 August 1940 | paid off 1956, scrapped 1956 |
Hollyhock | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 19 November 1940 | 9 April 1942 |
Honesty | Royal Navy | Flower modified | corvette | 1,015 | 28 May 1943 | scrapped 1961 |
Honeysuckle | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 14 September 1940 | |
Honolulu | USA | Brooklyn class light cruiser | 9,650 | 15 June 1938 | scrapped 1959 | |
Hood | Royal Navy | Admiral battlecruiser | 42,100 | 5 March 1920 | sunk 24 May 1941 | |
Hornet (I) | United States Navy | Yorktown | aircraft carrier | 26,500 | 25 October 1941 | sunk 27 October 1942 |
Hornet (II) | United States Navy | Essex | aircraft carrier | 27,100 | 29 November 1943 | decommissioned 26 June 1970; museum ship |
Hōshō | Imperial Japanese Navy | aircraft carrier | 7,470 | 27 December 1922 | scrapped 1947 | |
Hostile | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 10 September 1936 | scuttled 23 August 1940 |
Hotspur | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 29 December 1936 | to Dominican Republic after war |
Hogue | Royal Navy | Battle | destroyer | 2,325 | 24 July 1945 | constructive loss 25 August 1962 |
Houston (I) | USA | Northampton class heavy cruiser | 9,200 | 17 June 1930 | sunk 1 March 1942 | |
Houston (II) | USA | Cleveland class light cruiser | 11,800 | 20 December 1943 | scrapped 1959 | |
Hova | Free French Naval Forces | Cannon | destroyer escort | 1,240 | 18 March 1944 | Decommissioned May 1964 |
Howe | Royal Navy | King George V | battleship | 35,000 | 28 September 1942 | scrapped 1958 |
Huáscar | Chile | ironclad | 1,870 | |||
Hughes | United States Navy | Sims | destroyer | 1,570 | 21 September 1939 | scuttled after A-bomb test 1948 |
Hull | United States Navy | Farragut | destroyer | 1,365 | 11 January 1935 | foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944 |
Humaita | Brazil | Humaita class submarine | 1,440 | 20 July 1929 | Decommissioned 25 November 1950 | |
Hunter | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 30 September 1936 | sunk 10 April 1940 |
Huron | Royal Canadian Navy | Tribal | destroyer | 1,927 | 19 July 1943 | scrapped 1965 |
Hurricane | Royal Navy | Havant | destroyer | 1,340 | 21 June 1940 | sunk 24 December 1943 |
Hursley | Royal Navy Hellenic Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 2 April 1942 | to Greece 2 November 1943 as Kriti, scrapped April 1960 |
Hurworth | Royal Navy | Hunt | destroyer escort | 1,050 | 5 October 1941 | sunk 22 October 1943 |
Hvidbjørnen | Denmark | patrol boat | 1,050 | |||
Hyacinth | Royal Navy Hellenic Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 2 October 1940 | to Greece as Apostolis 24 October 1943, out of service 1952 |
Hyatt | Chile | Serrano | destroyer | 1,090 | Discarded 1963 | |
Hyderabad | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 23 February 1942 | |
Hydra | Hellenic Navy | Freccia modified | destroyer | 1,350 | 1933 | sunk 22 April 1941 |
Hydrangea | Royal Navy | Flower | corvette | 925 | 3 January 1941 | |
Hyperion | Royal Navy | H | destroyer | 1,350 | 3 December 1936 | sunk 22 December 1940 |
References
- ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
- ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
- ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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