HMS Cardiff

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

HMS Cardiff

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

4907024

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Vessel type

Naval vessel

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Year built

1979

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About HMS Cardiff

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. 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 accepted the surrender of a 700-strong garrison in the settlement of Port Howard. During the 1991 Gulf War, her Lynx helicopter sank two Iraqi minesweepers. She later participated in the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq as part of the Royal Navy's constant Armilla patrol, but was not involved in the actual invasion. Cardiff was decommissioned in July 2005, and sent for scrapping despite calls by former servicemen for her to be preserved as a museum ship and local tourist attraction in Cardiff.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is HMS Cardiff now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for HMS Cardiff in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is HMS Cardiff?

HMS Cardiff is a naval vessel, built in 1979 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for HMS Cardiff?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for HMS Cardiff from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for HMS Cardiff. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Sister ships

Ships of the same class, Type 42 guided missile destroyer (source: Wikidata).

• HMS NewcastleIMO 4907000Naval vessel · built 1978
• HMS GlasgowIMO 4907012Naval vessel · built 1979
• HMS ExeterIMO 4907036Naval vessel · built 1980
• HMS SouthamptonIMO 4907048Naval vessel · built 1981
• HMS LiverpoolIMO 4907062Naval vessel · built 1982 · 4,045 GT
• HMS ManchesterIMO 4907074Naval vessel · built 1982
• HMS NottinghamIMO 4907050Naval vessel · built 1983
• HMS GloucesterIMO 4907086Naval vessel · built 1985
• HMS YorkIMO 4907103Naval vessel · built 1985