| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | F 57 |
| Built by | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 27 Jan 1925 |
| Commissioned | 4 Oct 1939 |
| End service | Dec 1943 |
| History | In August 1939 the passenger ship Chitral of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was completed on 4 October 1939. Displacement: 15346 BRT Career: In December 1943 returned and used as troopship by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 1948 returned to owner. |
Commands listed for HMS Chitral (F 57)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. (retired) Alfred Geoffrey Peace, DSO, RN | 18 Oct 1939 | 18 Jan 1940 (+) |
| 2 | Capt. (retired) Guy Hamilton, RN | 20 Jan 1940 | 22 Dec 1940 |
| 3 | A/Capt. Eric Vernon Lees, RN | 22 Dec 1940 | 12 Jan 1941 |
| 4 | Capt. (retired) Guy Hamilton, RN | 12 Jan 1941 | 2 Dec 1941 |
| 5 | A/Capt. (retired) Gerald William Hoare-Smith, RN | 2 Dec 1941 |
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Notable events involving Chitral include:
20 Nov 1939
The German merchant Bertha Fisser (4110 GRT) is intercepted of the south-east coast of Iceland in position 64°10N, 15°14W by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Chitral (Capt. G. Hamilton, (retired), RN). However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.