Type 42 "Town" or "Sheffield" Class (Batch 1) Destroyer "HMS Cardiff", 3,500 tons, launched 1976, commissioned 1979. At the Portsmouth Navy Day, 08/82, wearing the scars of the Falklands War, "Cardiff" has had her pennant number painted out whilst her funnel cap and masts have been painted grey, though blackened by funnel smoke. Note also that she has a black horizontal funnel band and what remains of a vertical black hull band amidships to distinguish her from Argentine Class 42 destroyers. Scanned photograph taken with a Canon AE-1 Program.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/58433307@N08">Hugh Llewelyn</a> from Keynsham, UK
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