HMS Cardiff (D108)

1979-2005

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

Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class

Timeline

Date	Event
Nov 3, 1972	Laid down	BAE Systems (Vickers) at VSEL Barrow, Yard No 1091.
Feb 22, 1974	Launched	completed at Swan Hunter (Hebburn) from Feb 1976.
Aug 1979	Aircraft	assigned 702 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ255 as Cardiff Flt / 335-CF, until c Dec 1981
Sep 24, 1979	Commissioned
Aug 29, 1981	Port Visit	HMD Devonport Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1981 Navy Days 1981
Feb 1982	Deployment	ordered to Armilla Patorl area. Armilla Patrol
Apr 20, 1982	Deployment	Left Mombasa for South Atlantic to join Bristol Group, leaving theatre on 7 Jul 1982 after being relieved by HMS Birmingham. Operation Corporate
Jun 6, 1982	Aircraft	Pleasant Peak Gazelle XX377 incident
1988	Refit	refit completed Mar 1989
Sep 1990	Deployment	Persian Gulf 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. Task Group 321.1 Armilla Patrol
Sep 1990	Aircraft	assigned 815 Sq 214 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ230 as /335
Sep 1991	Aircraft	assigned Lynx HAS.3S XZ255 as 214 Flt / 335-CF
Oct 1994	Deployment	Deployment to Arabian Gulf with HMS Cornwall, as part of US Operation Vigilant Warrior in support of Kuwait.
2000	Deployment	to Belize for disaster relief operations following Hurricane Keith
Feb 2003	Deployment	to Persian Gulf for a 6 month Armilla Patrol deployment, returned in Aug 2003. Armilla Patrol
Apr 2004	Deployment	South Atlantic 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. Atlantic Patrol Task (South)
May 8, 2004	Port Visit	Tema visited Tema, Ghana until 11 May, during APT(S) deployment
Jun 24, 2005	Port Visit	at Trafalgar 200, with 815 NAS Cardiff Flt/335 Lynx embarked. Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200
Jul 14, 2005	Decommissioned	paid off at HMNB Portsmouth
Jul 2006		Fareham Creek by Jul 2006 was laid up in Fareham Creek
Nov 2008	Fate: scrapped	Aliaga to Turkey for scrapping Shipbreakers

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