HMS Cardiff
guided missile destroyer
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Cardiff
- IMO number
- 4907024
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- guided missile destroyer
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1979
- Builder
- Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
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.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Cardiff now?
- HMS Cardiff has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Cardiff?
- HMS Cardiff is a guided missile destroyer, built in 1979 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering.
- Who owns HMS Cardiff?
- HMS Cardiff is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Cardiff been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Cardiff appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).