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HMS Cardiff

1974 Type 42 guided missile destroyer
Vehicle guided_missile_destroyer Q2353084
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Summary

HMS Cardiff is a guided missile destroyer[1].

Key Facts

  • Operator: Royal Navy[2]
  • Manufacturer: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering[3]
  • Vessel class: Type 42 guided missile destroyer[4]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[5]
  • Participated in conflict: Falklands War[6]
  • Service entry: 1979[7]
  • Significant event: ship commissioning[8], ship launching[9], ship decommissioning[10], keel laying[11]
  • Pennant number: D108[12]
  • Location of creation: Barrow-in-Furness[13]
  • Different from: HMS Cardiff[14], HMS Cardiff[15]
  • Name: HMS Cardiff[16]

Related Entities

Barrow-in-Furness United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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