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D108 HMS Cardiff

UK Royal Navy





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Flight Deck: CF
Call Sign: GQIF
Shipyard: BAE Systems (Vickers)





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History of UK HMS Cardiff D108

1972-nov-03Laid downLaid down BAE Systems (Vickers) at VSEL Barrow, Yard No 1091.
1974-feb-22LaunchedLaunched completed at Swan Hunter (Hebburn) from Feb 1976.
1979-augAircraftAircraft assigned 702 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ255 as Cardiff Flt / 335-CF, until c Dec 1981
1979-sep-24CommissionedCommissioned
1981-aug-29Port VisitPort Visit HMD Devonport Navy Days 1981 Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1981
1982-febDeploymentDeployment Armilla Patrol ordered to Armilla Patorl area.
1982-apr-20DeploymentDeployment Operation Corporate Left Mombasa for South Atlantic to join Bristol Group, leaving theatre on 7 Jul 1982 after being relieved by HMS Birmingham.
1982-jun-06AircraftAircraft Pleasant Peak Gazelle XX377 incident
1988RefitRefit refit completed Mar 1989
1990-sepDeploymentDeployment Persian Gulf Task Group 321.1 Armilla Patrol Deployed to reinforce Armilla Patrol after Kuwaiti annexation by Iraq. Joined by HMS Gloucester and HMS Brazen as part of TG 321.1, relieving HMS Battleaxe, HMS Jupiter and HMS York.
1990-sepAircraftAircraft assigned 815 Sq 214 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ230 as /335
1994-octDeploymentDeployment Deployment to Arabian Gulf with HMS Cornwall, as part of US Operation Vigilant Warrior in support of Kuwait.
2000DeploymentDeployment to Belize for disaster relief operations following Hurricane Keith
2003-febDeploymentDeployment Armilla Patrol to Persian Gulf for a 6 month Armilla Patrol deployment, returned in Aug 2003.
2004-aprDeploymentDeployment South Atlantic Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Departed HMNB Portsmouth for 6 month West Africa and APT(S). Operated around Falkland Islands between Jul 2004 and Sep 2004, relieving HMS Glasgow and herself relieved by HMS Iron Duke in Sep. Returned to UK on 22 Oct.
2004-may-08Port VisitPort Visit GH Tema visited Tema, Ghana until 11 May, during APT(S) deployment
2005-jun-24Port VisitPort Visit Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 at Trafalgar 200, with 815 NAS Cardiff Flt/335 Lynx embarked.
2005-jul-14DecommissionedDecommissioned paid off at HMNB Portsmouth
2006-jul Fareham Creek by Jul 2006 was laid up in Fareham Creek
2008-novFate: scrappedFate: scrapped TR Aliaga Shipbreakers to Turkey for scrapping



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Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class
3560light (tn)
4350full load (tn)
125length (m)
14beam (m)
5.80draught (m)
4000range (nm)
29max speed (knots)
50000power (shp)

2Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Olympus
2Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Tyne
2Naval Engine propulsion system: COGOG

1Missile Launcher Sea Dart

4Chaff and decoys Seagnat

1Naval Radar air search radar Type 965
2Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 909
1Naval Radar navigation radar Type 1006
1Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 996
1Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 2050

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