HMS Chiddingfold (L31)

HMS Chiddingfold (L31) was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was leased to the Indian Navy in 1952 where she served as INS Ganga (D94).

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Chiddingfold.

HMS Chiddingfold on completion
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Chiddingfold
Ordered4 September 1939
BuilderScotts at Greenock
Laid down1 March 1940
Launched10 March 1941
Commissioned16 October 1941
IdentificationPennant number:L31
FateSold to Indian Navy
India
NameINS Ganga
NamesakeGanga River (the Ganges)
AcquiredApril 1952
Commissioned18 June 1953
Decommissioned1975
IdentificationD94
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeType II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
Speed
  • 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement164
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks
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