Name: | HURSLEY |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 21/12/1940 |
Launched: | 25/07/1941 |
Completed: | 21/03/1942 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1599 |
Dimensions: | 1050disp - 1430disp, 264.2 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 19000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x depth charge throwers; |
1 x depth charge rail | |
History: | |
21/03/1942 | British Royal Navy |
1943 | Government of Greece; renamed KRITI |
05/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type II) of destroyers |
27/04/1960: Sold for breaking up | |
05/1960: Broken up in Greece |
Above photo as HURSLEY courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as HURSLEY courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as HURSLEY copyright of the Imperial War Museum