| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 84 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 20 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 21 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 25 Jul 1941 |
| Commissioned | 2 Apr 1942 |
| End service | Dec 1943 |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in December 1943 being renamed Kriti. |
| Career notes | To the Royal Hellenic Navy as Kriti |
Commands listed for HMS Hursley (L 84)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. William John Patrick Church, DSC, RN | 3 Feb 1942 | Dec 1943 |
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Noteable events involving Hursley include:
14 Jan 1943
While detached from escorting convoy ME-15
off Malta HMS Hursley (Lt.Cdr. W.J.P. Church, DSC, RN) together with HMS Pakenham (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) and a Beaufort of No.39 Squadron
sank the Italian submarine Narvalo (Lt.Cdr. Ludovico Grion) (810 tons) south-east of Malta. Aboard the submarine, who is returning to Italy from a supply mission to North Africa, there are 11 English officers who are prisoners of war, 8 of them went down with the Narvalo along with 28 Italians.
19 Feb 1943
German U-boat U-562 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-east of Benghazi, in position 32°57'N, 20°54'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Isis (Lt.Cdr. D.R. Mitchell, RN), the British escort destroyer HMS Hursley (Lt.Cdr. W.J.P. Church, DSC, RN) and a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 38/S). (see map)