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HMS Chiddingfold |
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Scale 1:200 |
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Author: Grzegorz
Nowak |
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File Size: 29.0Mb |
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HMS Chiddingfold
Hunt II - class Escort Destroyer
Appearance - 1942
Build report of the model can be viewed
here
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Model # 024 |
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Price $12.00 |
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Technical data: |
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Launched |
March 10, 1941 |
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Displacement |
1,050 tons standard
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Length |
85.34 m |
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Beam |
9.62 m |
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Machinery |
Two sets of Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 hp = 25.5 knots |
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Armament |
Main battery - six 102mm guns (3 x II) |
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AAA - four - 40mm POM-POM (1 x 4), two - 20 mm (2 x I) |
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Six Thornycroft depth charge launchers, two depth charge racks |
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Complement |
168 officers and
enlisted |
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First operation in which
HMS Chiddingfold
participated was commando raid on Vaagso, Norway on December 27, 1941.
Ship bombarded German positions and assisted in destruction of enemy
shipping. Thereafter she was assigned to Orkneys and Shetlands
command undertaking patrols ranging from Iceland to Clyde and Rosyth.
After the refit in the Summer of 1943 she was transferred to the
Mediterranean Fleet, joining 59th Destroyer Division based in Malta.
During 18 months of operations she escorted convoys, bombarded German
positions and patrolled Adriatic to intercept enemy controlled shipping
of the coast of Dalmatia. Her final operation in this theatre was
bombardment of Genoa harbor on March 1, 1945. Two days later she
was ordered to return to United Kingdom where she joined 16th Destroyer
Flotilla for convoy duty.
She left Europe in July of 1945 and later joined 18th Destroyer Flotilla
in Trincomalee. She took part in re-occupation of Singapore in early
September.
After return to United Kingdom, on November 16, 1945 she was paid off
into reserve. After the refit completed on June 9, 1953 she was
transferred to Indian Navy where she was renamed Ganga.
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Model built and photographed by Padre, used with
permission.
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