HMS Hursley (L84)
HMS Hursley was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is the only Royal Navy ship to have carried this name. Hursley is a village in Hampshire. Commissioned in 1942, she served in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Hellenic Navy in November 1943 and renamed Kriti. She took part in the landings in Sicily, Anzio, and southern France, and remained in Greek service until 1959.
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HMS Hursley (L84)
HMS Hursley was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is the only Royal Navy ship to have carried this name. Hursley is a village in Hampshire. Commissioned in 1942, she served in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Hellenic Navy in November 1943 and renamed Kriti. She took part in the landings in Sicily, Anzio, and southern France, and remained in Greek service until 1959.
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HMS Hursley was a Second World ...... d in Greek service until 1959.
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«Крити» (греч. ΒΠ Κρήτη) — гре ...... года, под именем «Крити» (D48)
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1943-11-02
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1942-04-02
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1940-12-21
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1939-12-20
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1941-07-25
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*Sold for scrapping, 27 April 1960
*Transferred to Greece, 2 November 1943
Returned to UK, 12 November 1959
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*6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin ...... h charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks
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On a Field Red in front of a hunting horn erect the sails of a windmill White.
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*Mediterranean 1942-43
*Sicily 1943
*Aegean 1943
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Pennant number: L84
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*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
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HMS Hursley was a Second World ...... d in Greek service until 1959.
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«Крити» (греч. ΒΠ Κρήτη) — гре ...... года, под именем «Крити» (D48)
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HMS Hursley (1941)
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HMS Hursley (L84)
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HMS Hursley
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Kriti
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