George Hunt (Royal Navy officer)

George Edward Hunt
Born	4 July 1916 Milton of Campsie
Died	16 August 2011(2011-08-16) (aged 95) Mediterranean Sea
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Merchant Navy Royal Navy
Years of service	1929–1938 Merchant Navy 1930–1938 Royal Navy Reserve 1938–1962 Royal Navy
Rank	Captain
Commands held	HMS Ultor HMS Bigbury Bay
Battles/wars	Second World War Battle of the Mediterranean
Awards	Distinguished Service Order & Bar Distinguished Service Cross & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Other work	British High Commission in Australia

Captain George Edward Hunt DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar (4 July 1916 – 16 August 2011) was a highly decorated Royal Navy submarine commander during the Second World War. While commanding HMS Ultor he became the British submarine commander with the greatest number of sinkings of enemy vessels to his name, though David Wanklyn VC achieved sinkings of greater tonnage.^[1] Of the 68 torpedoes Hunt fired, 47 per cent were hits.^[1]

Notes and sources

Notes

^ ^a ^b Daily Telegraph (21 August 2011).

Sources

"Captain George Hunt". The Daily Telegraph (London). 21 August 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8714485/Captain-George-Hunt.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
"Captain George Hunt" (subscription required). The Times. 23 August 2011. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3142003.ece. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35029. pp. 27–28. 31 December 1940. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Mention in Despatches
London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35613. p. 2865. 26 June 1942. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Distinguished Service Cross
London Gazette: no. 36367. p. 688. 4 February 1944. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Bar to Distinguished Service Cross
London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36505. p. 2127. 5 May 1944. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Mention in Despatches
London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36687. p. 4125. 1 September 1944. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36825. p. 5571. 1 December 1944. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Bar to Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: no. 37650. p. 3628. 12 July 1946. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Promotion substantive Lieutenant Commander
London Gazette: no. 40075. p. 378. 15 January 1954. Retrieved 22 August 2011. Promotion to Captain

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Name	Hunt, George Edward
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Short description
Date of birth	4 July 1916
Place of birth	Milton of Campsie
Date of death	16 August 2011
Place of death	Mediterranean Sea