HMS Chiddingfold (L31)

HMS Chiddingfold on completion
History
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	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
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	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
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	164
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

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).