HMS Chiddingfold is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of Britain's Royal Navy.
Chiddingfold is a minehunter, and her purpose is to find and destroy mines, not only in a time of war but also in peacetime.
There are about a quarter of a million mines still active from the Second World War alone and they pose a major threat to both military and civilian ships.
[3] In June 2014, Chiddingfold sailed in company with HMS Penzance for a three-year deployment in the Persian Gulf.
[6] The long-term deployment to the Persian Gulf was renewed again in mid-2020 when Chiddingfold returned to the region, again in company with Penzance, to operate as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron from HMS Jufair in Bahrain.