A SUBMARINER who sank more enemy ships than any other in the Second World War has died at the age of 95.

Captain George Hunt ran the Admiralty Underwater Detection Establishment (AUDE) on Portland after the war, a research and development unit established at HMS Osprey (Portland Naval Base) in 1927, which went on to become the Underwater Weapons Establishment.

The establishment did research into sonar, acoustics and acoustic imaging, as well as weapons development.

After this posting, Captain Hunt went on to command an anti-submarine frigate in the West Indies station as senior naval officer for the area.

His last two appointments were as chief of staff to the flag officer submarines and director of naval equipment.

He retired from the Navy at the age of 46 and emigrated to Australia.

He settled in Brisbane, where he worked for the British High Commission.

During the war it was Captain Hunt’s technical ability and courage that gained him his prestigious reputation.

He earned the title of deadliest submarine captain with 47 hits from the 68 torpedoes that he and his crew fired.

He was posted during the war to the North Sea where he helped cover the evacuation from Dunkirk.

He also patrolled the Mediterranean and close to Scandinavia and was one of the UK’s most highly decorated naval officers. A book of Captain Hunt’s adventures in the war was written by Peter Doran entitled Diving Stations.

George Edward Hunt was born on July 4 1916. At 13 he joined the Merchant Navy and in 1930 he became a commissioned Midshipman RNR before transferring to the Royal Navy in 1939.

He married Phoebe Silson in 1939 and the couple had one daughter.