Allied Warships

HMS Chiddingfold (L 31)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 31 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered4 Sep 1939 
Laid down1 Mar 1940 
Launched10 Mar 1941 
Commissioned16 Oct 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Lent to the Royal Indian Navy 18 June 1954 and renamed Ganga.
Sold to the royal Indian Navy in April 1959.
Scrapped in 1975.

 

Commands listed for HMS Chiddingfold (L 31)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Lionel William Lendon Argles, RN12 Aug 1941Apr 1943
2Lt. Thomas Mervyn Dorrien-Smith, RNApr 194331 Aug 1944
3Lt. Frederick Greville Woods, DSC, RN31 Aug 1944Oct 1945 ?

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