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.
HMS Cardiff in Portsmouth, c. 2005
Four SAS troopers rendezvous with Cardiff via airdrop, en route to the islands
Cardiff's helicopter, piloted by Lieutenant Christopher Clayton, practising search and rescue prior to the war
Canberra bomber B-108 of Grupo de Bombardeo 2. This Argentine aircraft, the last to be lost during the Falklands War, was shot down by Cardiff.
The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen guided-missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy. A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the Argentine Navy.
HMS Birmingham
Sheffield with the prominent exhaust deflectors on her funnel
ARA Hércules following her conversion