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  hms glamorgan (d19) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
HMS Glamorgan (D19) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes, Glamorgan was named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan.
Glamorgan was involved in the Falklands War sailing south with the British task force.
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 HMS Glamorgan (D19) Information
In the spring and early summer of 1982 Glamorgan was involved in the Falklands War and was badly damaged by an Exocet missile in the last days of the war.
At the start of the Falklands campaign (2 April 1982) Glamorgan was already at sea off Gibraltar about to take part in exercises; she was immediately diverted to join the main Royal Navy task force, and served as flagship for Admiral Sandy Woodward during the voyage south.
Glamorgan was first in action on the evening and night of 1 May when she joined forces with HMS Arrow and HMS Alacrity to bombard Argentine positions around Port Stanley.
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 County class destroyer information - Search.com
Antrim and Glamorgan saw service in the Falklands War, with Glamorgan suffering serious damage as a result of an Exocet strike.
Changes in defence policy and budget cuts that eliminated the aircraft carriers meant only a single Type 82, HMS Bristol, was built as a test bed for the new weapon.
HMS Fife was the last of the Counties to be decommissioned by the Royal Navy, in 1987 after service as a training ship.
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 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 bomb from a Skyhawk
HMS Avenger (F185)- damaged by Skyhawks and Mirages
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 HMS Ganges (1821) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Ganges (1821)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Ganges was an 84-gun 2nd rate of the Royal Navy launched on November 10 1821 at Bombay Dockyard.
From 1857—61, she was the flagship of the Pacific Squadron, based in Vancouver, after which she returned to be converted into a training ship; she began service as a training ship in 1865 at Falmouth; in 1899, she was moved to Harwich.
In 1906, she was renamed HMS Tenedos III, then moved to Devonport to become part of the HMS Indus training establishment; on August 13th, 1910, she was renamed HMS Indus V.
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 Science Fair Projects - HMS Glamorgan (D19)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the mid- 1970s Glamorgan had her 'B' turret replaced by four Exocet launchers.
For the rest of the Falklands campaign, Glamorgan undertook close support of British forces on the ground by bombarding enemy positions.
Thirteen sailors were killed, however the ship was not damaged so bad as to sink, and evacuated the area for repairs before heading back to Portsmouth after 104 days at sea.
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 HMS Glamorgan (D19) - TheBestLinks.com - Falklands War, June 12, June 9, Lebanon, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Glamorgan (D19) - TheBestLinks.com - Falklands War, June 12, June 9, Lebanon,...
HMS Glamorgan (D19), Falklands War, June 12, June 9, Lebanon, May 1, Portsmouth...
HMS Glamorgan (D19) was a County Class destroyer in the Royal Navy.
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 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   (1989 words)

  
 HMS Hampshire (D06)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Hampshire (D06) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
She was decommissioned in 1976 and for spares to feed her sister ships.
Especially when it ignores wonderful albums like H.M.S. Fable.
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 History of the Falklands War
HMS Broadsword and the aircraft carrier Hermes battle their way through the storm on their way to the Battle for the Falklands.
HMS Intrepid embarks some of her landing craft during the Falklands conflict of 1982.
HMS Argonaut lies at anchor to her starboard with HMS Antrim in the extreme distance.
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 County Class
Photos and history of the County Class guided missile destroyers, including HMS Devonshire, HMS Hampshire, HMS London, HMS Kent, HMS Fife, HMS Glamorgan, HMS Antrim and HMS Norfolk.
HMS Norfolk became the first operational Royal Navy warship to fire a surface to surface missile in 1974, during trials of a conversion of B turret to fire Exocet missiles.
Subsequently, HMS Antrim, HMS Fife and HMS Glamorgan also underwent the conversion.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /county_class.htm   (1060 words)

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