| 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 | |
| Laid down | 21 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 25 Jul 1941 |
| Commissioned | 2 Apr 1942 |
| End service | Dec 1943 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in December 1943 being renamed Kriti. Commanding Officers: |
| 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, 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
The German submarine U-562 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-east of Bengazi, in position 32º57'N, 20º54'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)