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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name= HMS Chiddingfold | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= 4 September 1939 | Ship builder= Scotts at Greenock | Ship laid down= 1 March 1940 | Ship launched= 10 March 1941 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= October 1941 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship identification=pennant number:L31 | Ship fate= Sold to Indian Navy | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country= India | India|naval}} | Ship name= INS Ganga | Ship namesake= Ganga River (the Ganges) | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired= April 1952 | Ship commissioned= 18 June 1953 | Ship decommissioned= 1975 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship identification=D94 | Ship fate= Scrapped | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= Type II Hunt-class destroyer | 1050|LT|t}} standard- {{convert|1430|LT|t}} full load
| 85.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a | 9.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 2.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
| 27|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}- {{convert|25.5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} full
| 3600|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance= | Ship boats= | Ship complement=164 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship 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
| Ship armour= | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Chiddingfold (L31) was a Type II {{sclass2-|Hunt|destroyer|0}} destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was leased to the Indian Navy in 1952 where she served as INS Ganga (D94). History in the Royal NavyChiddingfold was ordered on 4 September 1939 under the 1939 War Emergency Build Programme. She was laid down as Job No. J1115.[1] She was commissioned around October 1941. She earned battle honours in World War II for Norway, 1941 and English Channel, 1945. Following the war, she was reduced to Reserve status early in 1946 and laid-up on 25 March 1946. In 1950 she was transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Harwich and remained there until 1952 when she was towed to Liverpool for a refit.[2] History in the Indian Navy{{other ships|INS Ganga}}The lease of Chiddingfold to India was announced on 17 June 1952. She underwent a refit by Messrs Crichton at Liverpool which was completed in June 1953. She was commissioned as INS Ganga on 18 June 1953. The lease was extended in August 1956, and she was sold to India in April 1958. Along with two other Hunt-class destroyers in Indian service (Godavari and Gomati), she constituted the 22nd Destroyer Squadron.[3] She was deployed as a training ship until 1975, when she was struck from the active list, before being sold for scrapping. References1. ^Naval History
2. ^Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. {{ISBN|0-9506323-9-2}}, page 34
3. ^Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p123
Publications- {{Colledge}}
- The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II, John English, World Ship Society, 1987, {{ISBN|0-905617-44-4}}
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