HMS Chiddingfold entering Portsmouth July 2013.
History United Kingdom Name: HMS Chiddingfold Operator: Royal Navy Builder: Vosper Thornycroft Launched: October 1983 Sponsored by: Lady Anne Kennon Commissioned:October 1984 Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire Identificationennant number: M37 Nickname(s): "Cheery Chid" Status: in active service General characteristics Class and type: Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Displacement: 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons) Length: 60 m (196 ft 10 in) Beam: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) Draught: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) Propulsion: 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp Speed: 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) Complement: 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) Sensors and processing systems: Sonar Type 2193 Electronic warfare& decoys: SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges Armament: 1 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 gun2 × Miniguns3 × General purpose machine guns
HMS Chiddingfold entering Portsmouth July 2013.
ennant number: M37 Nickname(s): "Cheery Chid" Status: in active service General characteristics Class and type: Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel Displacement: 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons) Length: 60 m (196 ft 10 in) Beam: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) Draught: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) Propulsion: 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp Speed: 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) Complement: 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) Sensors and processing systems: Sonar Type 2193 Electronic warfare& decoys: SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges Armament: 1 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 gun2 × Miniguns3 × General purpose machine guns
History United Kingdom Name: HMS Chiddingfold Operator: Royal Navy Builder: Vosper Thornycroft Launched: October 1983 Sponsored by: Lady Anne Kennon Commissioned:October 1984 Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire Identification