HMS Cardiff (D108)
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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
Cardiff's Lynx helicopter, with a Sea Skua missile
Falklands War
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The Falklands War was a ten-week war in the South Atlantic in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over possession of the Falkland Islands and its dependencies of South Georgia and the South
HMS Cardiff (D108)
…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…
HMS Broadsword and Hermes, 1982
Etendard en 1982
HMS Antelope 1982
Argentine PO Ws