List of ships of the Second World War (H)

The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement. [1][2][3][4]

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Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
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  Republic of China Navy sloop 1,250
Hai Chen  Republic of China Navy gunship 2,680
Hai Chi  Republic of China Navy cruiser 4,300
Hai Chou  Republic of China Navy gunship 2,680
Hai Yung  Republic of China Navy protected cruiser 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
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  Royal Danish Navy 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 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  Royal Danish Navy 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

  1. ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
  2. ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
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