As part of the Hunt type II escort destroyers was she laid down as the HMS Hursley on 21 December 1940 at the shipyard of Swab, Hunter&Wigham Richardson Limited at Tyne and Wear, England, launched on 25 July a year later and completed on 2 April 1942. Lent to Greece on 2 November 1943 was she given back to England on 12 December 1959 and sold on 27 April of he next year to be broken up in Greece.
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Sunday, 29 January 2012
Greek frigate Kriti (1940) 1943-1959 and British HMS Hursley 1940-1943/1959-1960
As part of the Hunt type II escort destroyers was she laid down as the HMS Hursley on 21 December 1940 at the shipyard of Swab, Hunter&Wigham Richardson Limited at Tyne and Wear, England, launched on 25 July a year later and completed on 2 April 1942. Lent to Greece on 2 November 1943 was she given back to England on 12 December 1959 and sold on 27 April of he next year to be broken up in Greece.