HMS Chiddingfold on completion
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Chiddingfold |
Ordered | 4 September 1939 |
Builder | Scotts at Greenock |
Laid down | 1 March 1940 |
Launched | 10 March 1941 |
Commissioned | 16 October 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number:L31 |
Fate | Sold to Indian Navy |
India | |
Name | INS Ganga |
Namesake | Ganga River (the Ganges) |
Acquired | April 1952 |
Commissioned | 18 June 1953 |
Decommissioned | 1975 |
Identification | D94 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type II Hunt-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
Beam | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) |
Complement | 164 |
Armament |
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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).