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	HMS Cardiff (D108) at AllExperts
		The third and present HMS Cardiff (D108) is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer of the Royal Navy.
		Cardiff was built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1974 by Lady Caroline Gilmore and commissioned in 1979.
		Cardiff made it through the conflict unscathed, while two of her sister-ships - Sheffield and Coventry - were sunk (and Glasgow damaged).
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_cardiff_(d108).htm (327 words)

	HMS Cardiff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The first HMS Cardiff was not built on the shores of Britain, but captured from the Dutch in 1652 by HMS Tiger, during the numerous clashes that took place between England and Holland.
		HMS Cardiff was to see yet another war, though she would not see action.
		In 1991, Cardiff was deployed at the then largest deployment of Royal Navy warships since the Falklands War, in which she also had the distinction of being part of, during the Gulf War.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_cardiff.html (554 words)

	HMS Cardiff (D108) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The third and present HMS Cardiff (D108) is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer of the Royal Navy.
		Cardiff was built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1974 by Lady Caroline Gilmore and commissioned in 1979.
		Cardiff made it through the conflict unscathed, while two of her sister-ships - Sheffield and Coventry - were sunk (and Glasgow damaged).
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Cardiff_(D108) (292 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Cardiff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Aptly named “workhorses of the Fleet”, HMS Cardiff and her sister Type 42 destroyers form the backbone of the Royal Navy’s anti-air warfare forces and are also equipped to deal effectively with surface and submarine targets.
		She and HMS Cornwall conducted joint patrol operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf with allied navies and this overt naval presence helped the swift resolution of a period of heightened tension between Iraq and Kuwait.
		HMS Cardiff has a well-equipped sickbay and comfortable is somewhat confined accommodation – creature comforts often necessarily taking second place to fighting efficiency.
	newwww.navynews.co.uk /ships/cardiff.asp (933 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Cardiff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Aptly named “workhorses of the Fleet”, HMS Cardiff and her sister Type 42 destroyers form the backbone of the Royal Navy’s anti-air warfare forces and are also equipped to deal effectively with surface and submarine targets.
		She and HMS Cornwall conducted joint patrol operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf with allied navies and this overt naval presence helped the swift resolution of a period of heightened tension between Iraq and Kuwait.
		Built by Vickers in Barrow and launched in 1974, HMS Cardiff’s fitting out was delayed until she was towed to Swan Hunter’s yard on the Tyne, and she was finally accepted into service in September 1979.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/cardiff.asp (933 words)

	General News of Wednesday, 5 May 2004
		HMS Cardiff is part of the Royal Navy's South Atlantic Patrol Force providing a tangible UK maritime presence in the South Atlantic as well as providing a presence in West Africa in support of UN and UK interests.
		The third and present HMS Cardiff (D108) is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer and is much smaller than the Batch 3 of the Type.
		HMS Cardiff is supported by a Royal Fleet Auxiliary Gold Rover, which also supported HMS Glasgow, which visited the Takoradi Harbour last November.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=57278 (196 words)

	Sheffield Class Type 42 Destroyers
		During the Falklands Conflict (1982) this was a major problem as HMS Sheffield was destroyed not by the detonation of the exocet missile, but by the fires that spread through the ship at a rapid rate.
		Lynx helicopters flying from Gloucester and Cardiff were responsible for the destruction of a number of anti-aircraft batteries and small combat craft such as minesweepers, landing craft and missile patrol boats.
		H.M.S Birmingham was the venue of the 1998 St Malo Anglo-French Naval Agreement.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/type42.htm (2278 words)

	HMS Cardiff (D108)
		During that conflict, she was not damaged, though two of her sister-ships were sunk (HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry) and one suffered damage (HMS Glasgow).
		A very tragic incident involving Cardiff occured during the war, when an Army Air Corps Gazelle was shot down by Cardiff's Sea Dart missile system.
		In 2003, Cardiff was once again in the Persian Gulf this time on a six-month deployment as part of Armilla Patrol.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_cardiff__d108_.html (379 words)

	Ships of the Royal Navy - Type 42 Destroyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HMS EXETER has recently returned to the fleet after a fifteen-month refit which overhauled every department with particular focus on the command and weapons systems.
		HMS EDINBURGH was the penultimate Type 42 destroyer to enter service.
		One unique characteristic of HMS EDINBURGH which allows almost immediate recognition is that she has a "fence" around her bow.
	www.gillespie.ndo.co.uk /Navy/Type42.htm (642 words)

	GoGibraltarSite
		HMS Trafalgar completed her 4-year refit in 04/96 while HMS Turbulent underwent a refit from 08/93 to late 97, Tireless from 06/96 to 06/99 and Torbay from 01/98 to 09/01.
		HMS Swiftsure began a 30-month refit 05/10/88 but due to reactor problems this was never completed and she was eventually and formally retired in 05/92.
		HMS Sovereign completed her 4-year refit at Rosyth 21/09/97 and was de-commissioned at Faslane 11/09/06 and taken to Devonport where she arrived 22/09/06.
	www.gogibraltarsite.com /RoyalNavy.html (1075 words)

	Reference Encyclopedia - Type 42 destroyer
		HMS Sheffield and Coventry were lost in the Falklands War to enemy action, this war being the only time in history where two surface warships of the same design have been on opposite sides.
		The Type 42 began as an original, lighter-design to complement the heavier Bristol (Type 82) air defence cruisers, proposed to give protection for the proposed CVA-01 carrier.
		The first six Type 45s; HMS Daring, Dauntless, Defender, Dragon, Duncan and Diamond have been ordered, with a further two due to be ordered later in the decade.
	www.referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=Type_42_destroyer (1035 words)

	Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
		HMS Prince of Wales lost in action in December 1941.
		The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
		HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
	www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk /paxman/paxmanRN.htm (2609 words)

	HMS Cardiff (D108) - meaning of word
		During that conflict, she was not damaged, though two of her sister-ships were sunk (HMS Sheffield (D80) and HMS Coventry (D118)) and one suffered damage (HMS Glasgow (D88)).
		In 1991, ''Cardiff'' was deployed at the then largest deployment of Royal Navy warships since the Falklands War, in which she also had the distinction of being part of, during the Gulf War.
		In 2003, ''Cardiff'' was once again in the Persian Gulf this time on a six-month deployment as part of Armilla Patrol.
	wordsonline.org /HMS_Cardiff_(D108) (404 words)

	HMS York - My Home Page
		HMS York was one of the last of fourteen Type 42 Destroyers that were built between 15 January 1970 and 9 August 1985 in one batch of six and two batches of four ships.
		HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry were both sunk/destroyed during the Falklands Conflict.
		HMS Birmingham was formally decommissioned on 10 December 1999 (see news desk), there now being eleven Type 42 Destroyers in service with the Royal Navy.
	website.lineone.net /~ken_gladwin/Technical/build_table.html (86 words)

	Hms Glasgow :: Scotland360.com
		HMS GLASGOW is a Type 42 Destroyer which entered service in 1979 and her primary role is to provide air defence for task group operations.
		HMS Glasgow blazer badge We always have high quality wire bullion British Army blazer badges.
		Terms of Use HMS Glasgow sailed into her namesake city today as she prepared to take part in a major NATO exercise.
	www.scotland360.com /scotland/hms-glasgow.html (351 words)

	British naval forces in the Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Conqueror returning to Faslane Naval Base after the war, flying the Jolly Roger to signal her sinking of the ARA General Belgrano
		HMS Glasgow (D88) - damaged by unexploded bomb from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk, withdrawn from war
		HMS Broadsword (F88) - slightly damaged by IAI Dagger cannon fire, later damaged by bomb from Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falklands_War_Naval_Forces (450 words)

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	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm (498 words)

	Historic Vessels Reserve List
		After being decommissioned in 1959 she was beached in 1961 at Queberque, near Cherbourg in France for use as a fire training ship.
		Currently serving in the Chilean Navy as CNS Ministro Zenteno and is to be decommissioned in September 2006 when it is replaced by the former HMS Norfolk recently acquired by the Chilean Navy.
		HMS Cardiff D108 (1974) - Royal Navy Type 42 "Sheffield" class Destroyer.
	www.transportbritain.co.uk /reservelist.html (1894 words)

	HMS Cardiff - Welshpedia
		The first Cardiff was not built on the shores of Britain, but captured from the Dutch in 1652 by HMS Tiger, during the numerous clashes that took place between England and the Netherlands.
		Her primary roles were fishery and convoy protection, though in 1658 her relatively brief career in the RN came to an end when she was sold to Jamaica.
		The third and present Cardiff is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer commissioned in 1979.
	www.welshpedia.co.uk /wiki/wales/index.php?title=HMS_Cardiff (220 words)

	Links
		H.M.S Solebay Association- Association of the Battle Class Destroyer, H.M.S Solebay which served in the Navy between 1944-1962.
		HMS Belfast- Part of the livesights ThamesCam web page- pictures taken of Belfast when she was towed to Portsmouth in 1991 for repairs.
		H.M.S Cardiff: Liberating Kuwait on the D108: A website dealing the Type 42 Destroyers' particpation in the Persian Gulf War.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Links.htm (1650 words)

	Type 23 Frigate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		These type of personnel both work at military airports and/or aircraft carriers where they are situated on the deck to guide aircraft for landing, and on commercial airports where they mainly take care of guiding large aircraft to their respective parking...
		HMS Hero (H99) - HMS Hero (H99) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 23 October 1936.
		Hero participated in the Second Battle of Narvik in April 1940, the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, and the evacuation of Greece in April 1941, and attacked and sank the...
	no85.mikropm.com /type23frigate.html (1117 words)

	Downside Legacy Research Project: TWA800 Hypothesis and Debate (4th Thread) [Free Republic]
		HMS Sheffield, the lead and name ship of the class was the first to succumb to the daring attacks by the Argentinian Air Force, on the Fourth of May 1982.
		) HMS Arrow moved alongside and directed all her fire hoses onto the Sheffield, even sending her little ship's boat to try and douse the flames through the gaping hole in the side, the poor damage control facilities on board meant that it was too late, and she was abandoned.
		Except for HMS Iron Duke, all of this class are named after Dukedoms, and although these names have come under some criticism for being 'soft' and uninspiring, they are actually far from soft in terms of historical events and figures of importance.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39943c2753e6.htm (14104 words)

	Armchair General Magazine: Interactive Military History
		She acts in the role of Tanker for the Royal Navy with a cargo capacity of 16,900 tonnes (fuel) and 915 tonnes (dry stores).
		Some years ago I had a personal one-on-one tour of this very vessel from a friend of mine who was a member of her crew.
		Yet another "Sheffield" Class Destroyer, D108, HMS Cardiff is in the process of being decommissioned.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /articles.php?p&page=1&p=2110&page=9 (412 words)

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		Thanks a lot, Courtney Regan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: Craig R Bennett Subject: Re: HMS Cardiff Hi Guys The HMS Cardiff D-108 is a batch 1 Type 42 destroyer belonging to the Sheffield class.As to why she was in Florida.
		HMS Jackal (side profile is completed) and O.R.P. Piorun ex HMS Nerrisa side profile is almost complete and her plan view is being worked on.
		HMS Cardiff (D108) is a batch 1 Type 42 Destroyer.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL1111.txt (1707 words)

	Type 42 Destroyers, Birmingham And Exeter Class
		HMS Shefield was destroyed by an air launched MM38 Exocet and HMS Coventry was lost due to a bombing raid.
		HMS Birmingham has been decommissioned already due to her bad state.
		These destroyers are still a match for their contemporaries in service with other navies.
	www.royalnavy.20m.com /city.htm (541 words)

	Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review
		Royal Navy Icebreaker A171 HMS Endurance, with its distinctive red hull and with the Queen on board for the review, passes HMS Illustrious.
		Charles de Gaulle, HMS Iron Duke and USS Saipan, with a Tall ship in the foreground.
		HMS Bulwark with RFA Fort George on the right and RFA Fort Victoria on the left at the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, June 2005.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /trafalgar_200.htm (1565 words)

	Type 42 Destroyers
		HMS Nottingham being loaded on to the heavy lift ship in July 2002 at Sydney.
		HMS Southampton and HMS Nottingham under construction, July 1978.
		HMS Southampton and HMS Nottingham at Vosper Thornycroft's Woolston Yard, c.1980.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /type_42_destroyers.htm (1722 words)

	British Naval Forces in the Falklands War - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine Naval Forces in the Falklands War
		HMS Illustrious (R06)- arrived in July 1982 to provide air cover for islands
		HMS Conqueror (S48)- sank the ARA General Belgrano
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Falklands_War_Naval_Forces (117 words)

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