The U.S. military loaded up on Collins' radios and tracking devices during World War II to hunt enemy submarines.

FORBES: Top Gun

Archaeologists have called off a hunt for World War II Spitfires in Burma.

BBC: Search for 'buried Spitfires' in Burma called off

Even when we finally sent in ground troops, we and our allies made no real effort to hunt down the war criminals responsible for the carnage.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

The United States has said repeatedly that troops from the NATO-led Bosnia Implementation Force (IFOR) would not be used to hunt down those indicted of war crimes.

CNN: Shalikashvili: Mission to capture

Few people know that when Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, he was on a U.S. Navy mission to hunt down a nuclear submarine lost during the Cold War.

FORBES: Pursuits | Found At Sea

His ministerial career came to an end, however, when, along with Robin Cook and Lord Hunt, and resigned from the government over the decision to go to war in Iraq.

BBC: John Denham

But he was replaced in his role by Mr Hunt in December that year after he was secretly recorded saying he had "declared war" on News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch.

BBC: Leveson: Hunt appointment 'not botched decision'