HMS Cardiff (D108)

HMS Cardiff (D108) is a British Type 42 destroyer that served in the Falklands & Gulf wars.

Circa 1982 (Falklands War)

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  HMS Tiger Bay alongside Cardiff
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  Speeding away from the islands at daybreak after giving night time Naval Gunfire Support
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  HMS Andromeda (furthest away) behind HMS Yarmouth in the "Total Exclusion Zone", June
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  HMS Invincible off the starboard bow

Weapons

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  Worn Sea Dart launcher, spent shells can be seen in background
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  Live Sea Dart missile mounted on launcher
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  Oerlikon 30 mm twin cannons, fitted in '83
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  After giving Naval Gunfire Support
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  Snowing
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  At Ascension Island by a tanker en route home. Gun ladder damaged by wave

Crew

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  Seaboat drills in '81
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  Crewman on Gun Direction Platform (GDP)
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  Blast damage caused by Sea Dart exhaust
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  Quarterdeck
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  Operations room (pre war)
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  Crewman in "Anti-flash" gear
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  Crewman standing by Sea Dart launcher
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  Lynx 335 piloted by Lt Clayton, practising Search & Rescue
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  Transferring personnel from HMS Exeter en route home
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  Flying the ensign outside Port Stanley at the end of the war
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  4 SAS troopers airdrop over Cardiff from a Hercules on May 25

1983-present

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  In '94, approx 6 months before Operation Vigilant Warrior
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  Alongside Australian and US in Operation Enduring Freedom
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  Lynx 335 armed with a Sea Skua, the same missile she used in both the Falklands & Gulf wars
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  In Portsmouth just prior to taking part in the International Fleet review of Trafalger 200
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  Astern of HMS Newcastle, after decomissioning (Portsmouth '07)
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  Rear Starboard quarter in 2007, her name is rusted

Marines in Operation Enduring Freedom (Late 02-Early 03)

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