HMS Cardiff (D108)
HMS Cardiff in Portsmouth, c. 2005
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Cardiff |
Namesake | Welsh capital city of Cardiff[5] |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering |
Laid down | 6 November 1972 |
Launched | 22 February 1974 |
Commissioned | 24 September 1979 |
Decommissioned | 14 July 2005 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
Identification |
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Motto |
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Nickname(s) | "The Welsh Warship"[4] |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Scrapped |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 42 destroyer |
Displacement | 4,000 t (3,900 long tons; 4,400 short tons) |
Length | 125 m (410 ft) |
Beam | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × COGOG turbines producing 36 MW (48,000 shp), driving 2 shafts |
Speed | 56 km/h (30 kn) |
Range | 7,400 km (4,000 nmi) at 33 km/h (18 kn) |
Complement | 287–301 |
Electronic warfare & decoys | UAA1 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Lynx HAS.3 |
HMS Cardiff was a British Type 42 destroyer and the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named in honour of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Cardiff served in the Falklands War, where she was involved in the 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident. She also shot down the last Argentine aircraft of the conflict and accepted the surrender of a 700-strong garrison in the settlement of Port Howard.
During the 1991 Gulf War, her Lynx helicopter sank two Iraqi minesweepers. She later participated in the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq as part of the Royal Navy's constant Armilla patrol, but was not involved in the actual invasion.
Cardiff was
Construction
The
Type 42s were designed as
Operational history
Early career
Cardiff was
In 1980, she attended the annual
Falklands War (1982)
On 2 April 1982, the disputed
Just over a month before the start of the war, Cardiff, under the command of Captain
During the journey, Cardiff's crew performed various training exercises, including defence against air attack (involving simulation runs by friendly
The Bristol group met up with the main task force on 26 May.
Shortly after arrival, she was involved in the final Exocet raid against the aircraft carrier
On the morning of 13 June, two Argentine
Later that day, Cardiff shot down what would prove to be the last Argentine aircraft lost during the war, with a Sea Dart missile[18][38] Canberra bomber B-108 of Grupo de Bombardeo 2 ("Bombing Group 2") en route to bomb Port Harriet House.[36] The pilot, Captain Pastrán, managed to eject but the navigator,[28] Captain Casado, (whose ejection seat may have been damaged by the missile) was killed.[36][39] The remains of Captain Casado were discovered in 1986, and identified by DNA testing in September 2008.[40]
Over the course of the war, Cardiff fired nine Sea Dart missiles and one Mk 46 torpedo.[20] She returned to the United Kingdom on 28 July 1982, having left the Falklands three weeks earlier along with Exeter and Yarmouth.[18] Captain Michael Harris handed over command on 24 August 1982, after the annual maintenance period.[20] Following the war, all Type 42 destroyers were fitted with Oerlikon 30 mm twin cannons port and starboard, for protection against airborne threats.[42] These were later replaced by the Phalanx close-in weapon system.[11]
Gulf War (1990–91)
When
Having returned from the Persian Gulf in May 1990, after only a few months in UK Cardiff sailed again, as a reinforcement to Group X-Ray,
Royal Navy
Despite her parent ship dodging mines and maintaining the air defence line as the closest non-US to Kuwait for the first 4 weeks of the 1991 War, Cardiff's Lynx helicopter, no.
Post Gulf War
After the Gulf War, Cardiff's assignments included a deployment with the
Cardiff later returned to the Persian Gulf for seven months.[52]
On 14 October 1994, in response to renewed Iraqi deployment of troops near the Kuwaiti border, the US-led Operation Vigilant Warrior began.[53] The operation was designed to deter Saddam Hussein's "sabre-rattling"[53] by sending large amounts of allied military forces to Kuwait; Cornwall and Cardiff were the UK contribution.[54] The operation ended on 21 December 1994, when Hussein pulled back his forces.[53]
Upon her return to the UK from Operation Vigilant Warrior, Cardiff participated in the 1995 NATO exercise "
In 2000, as part of the Royal Navy's
Cardiff conducted her last
In 2005, she participated in the
Decommissioning and fate
Cardiff was originally to be replaced in 2009 by Daring, the first of the Royal Navy's next generation Type 45 destroyers.[66] However, it was announced in July 2004 that she would be one of a number of ships withdrawn from service early, in accordance with the "Delivering Security in a Changing World" white paper on the British military.[67]
Cardiff was
On 21 November 2008, the two ships left Portsmouth for the last time for
Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, has been assigned as the current Royal Navy ship to be affiliated with the city of Cardiff.[74]
On 1 March 2018, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that the third Type 26 frigate would be named Cardiff. This will be the fourth Royal Navy vessel of its name.[75][76]
See also
References
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HMS Cardiff lynx minesweeper.
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Personnel from HMS Cardiff, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Simon Turnbull Royal Navy, and RFA Black Rover, under Captain Dale Worthington Royal Fleet Auxiliary, are relieving soldiers of No.7 Company Coldstream Guards, who have been helping distribute relief aid on the island of Caye Caulker. HMS Cardiff's surgeon and medical team are on hand to treat any injuries and are monitoring the sanitation and health situation. In addition to clearing routes, making buildings safe and continuing to ensure food and water is distributed, the Ships Companies are also making safe electric cables so that no further damage is caused when power to the island is eventually restored.
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Portsmouth warship HMS Cardiff returns home on Friday 4th April from successful anti-smuggling missions in the Persian Gulf. During six months away the Type 42 destroyer prevented more than £2m of illegal cargo being smuggled out of Iraq before the war started. Captain Tim Fraser, Cardiff's Commanding Officer, said his crew were glad to be back after a busy and demanding operation during which they boarded 178 vessels and seized more than 25,000 tonnes of oil. Cardiff handed over her Armilla duties last month to Portsmouth frigate HMS Richmond.
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Mae gan ran o'r HMS Cardiff, y llong ryfel a gafodd ei digomisiynu yn gynharach eleni, bellach gartref parhaol yn ei dinas ei hun. [A part of HMS Cardiff, the warship which was decommissioned earlier this year, has a permanent place in its home city.]
- ^ Kimber, Keith (21 August 2007). "HMS Cardiff's bell welcomed home". Edge of the Centre. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
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Sources
- ISBN 0-7146-5207-5. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
External links
- "Home Page". HMS Cardiff: The 1982 Ship's Company. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011.
- "In pictures: HMS Cardiff". BBC News. 7 July 2003.
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Artist's depiction of the encounter with the Argentine Boeing 707 |