George Hunt
Military Person
1916 – 2011
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Who was George Hunt?
Captain George Edward Hunt DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar 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. Of the 68 torpedoes Hunt fired, 47% hit their targets.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1916
Milton of Campsie - Education
- HMS Conway
- Died
- Aug 16, 2011
Queensland
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on July 23, 2013
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