HMS Hursley
Service
- as HMS Hursley2 April 1942 — 2 November 1943579 days of the war
- as Kriti2 November 1943 — 12 November 1959670 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Hursley
- Pennant / hull number
- L84
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
- Ordered
- 20 December 1939
- Laid down
- 21 December 1940
- Launched
- 25 July 1941
- Commissioned
- 2 April 1942
- Fate
- Returned to UK, 12 November 1959
Sold for scrapping, 27 April 1960 (1959) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,430 long tons (1,453 t)
- Length
- 85.3 m (279.9 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.6 m (31.5 ft)
- Draught
- 2.51 m (8.2 ft)
- Speed
- 27 knots (50 km/h, 31.1 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Hursley was a Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L84. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom laid her keel on 21 December 1940. She entered service on 2 April 1942, having been launched on 25 July 1941.
24 ships of the class were built.
She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,430 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 27 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Hursley until 2 November 1943. She then passed to the Hellenic Navy, serving as Kriti from 2 November 1943. She was in commission for 1,249 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 12 November 1959.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
- 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
- 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks
Sister ships
- HMS Blankney
- HMS Bleasdale
- HMS Derwent (L83)
- HMS Eridge (L68)
- HMS Exmoor (L08)
- HMS Exmoor (L61)
- HMS Goathland
- HMS Hambledon (L37)
- HMS Haydon
- HMS Heythrop (L85)
- HMS Hurworth (L28)
- HMS Lauderdale
- HMS Liddesdale
- HMS Melbreak
- HMS Penylan
- HMS Puckeridge
- HMS Quorn (L66)
- HMS Rockwood
- HMS Stevenstone
- HMS Tanatside
- HMS Tynedale
- HMS Wensleydale
- ORP Ślązak (L26)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Hursley on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 9782 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons