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HMS Chiddingfold is one of eight Hunt-class minehunters in the Royal Navy which make up Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM2).
'Cheery Chid,' as she is known was built by Vosper Thornycroft and launched on 6 October 1983, commissioning into the Royal Navy a year later. She is based in Portsmouth.
Chid is a minehunter – her highly trained crew use specialist skills and equipment to keep shipping lanes safe and neutralise threats left from conflicts past.
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HMS CHIDDINGFOLD is currently forward based in Bahrain as part of OPERATION KIPION – a standing operation which has been fulfilled by MCMVs for 15 years in the Middle East. She operates with 2 crews, rotating every 4 months. CHIDDINGFOLD is currently operated by MCM2 Crews 1 and 3 who will each complete 3 deployments over a 2 year period.
Mine clearance exercises and security patrols to support the UK's maritime commitment to NATO operations.
HMNB Portsmouth
Whilst HMNB Portsmouth is her home port, CHIDDINGFOLD will be Forward Based from the Naval Support Facility in Bahrain for several years.
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Like her sister ships of the Hunt-class, HMS Chiddingfold is a highly effective minehunter. Using high definition sonar, she scours the world's seabeds for mines and lost explosives. Once her crew detect a danger, they get to work and destroy it safely.
She is well-equipped, with the latest minehunting technology, including the Seafox mine disposal system, advanced sonar, as well as a team of expert ordnance disposal divers.
‘Cheery Chid’ deployed to the Gulf in 2014 to protect vital sea lanes. Although her 42 crew rotated every six months, the ship was based in Bahrain until she returned home in September 2017. She was kept busy, has taken part in major exercises with the US and NATO.
The first HMS Chiddingfold entered the fleet in 1941 and was soon into the thick of the conflict, training for the commando raids on Lofotens in Norway.
Between 1942 and 1944 the ship was involved in escort duties in Scotland between the Clyde and Iceland, before supporting convoys around the Mediterranean.
She hunted the submarines and mine laying boats of the Kriegsmarine which tried to disrupt Allied supplies following the D-Day landings.
The current ship was commissioned into the Navy in June 1983, and has served proudly ever since.
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Mine hunter ships, frigates, destroyers and assault ships, among others, form the backbone of our naval prowess.
A vital element of the Royal Navy's role is keeping the peace, preventing conflict and containing situations before they develop.
The UK has a responsibility to its citizens and its allies to endeavour to safeguard the high seas. This is why the Royal Navy protects home and international waters.
