HMS Glamorgan (D19)
HMS Glamorgan in 1972
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Glamorgan |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down: | 13 September 1962 |
| Launched: | 9 July 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 14 October 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 1986 |
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| Fate: | Sold to Chile in September 1986 |
 Chile
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| Name: | Almirante Latorre |
| Acquired: | September 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 1986 |
| Decommissioned: | 1998 |
| Fate: | Sunk at sea on 11 April 2005 on way to breakers |
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| Class and type: | County-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons) (full load) |
| Length: | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 5 in (6.22 m) |
| Propulsion: | COSAG (Combined steam and gas), two sets of geared steam turbines producing 30,000 shp (22,000 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) (maximum) |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 471 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1× Wessex HAS Mk 3 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter |
HMS Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy with a displacement of 5,440 tonnes. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan.
She was launched on 9 July 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later. in 1974, she was the subject of a refit, when 'B' turret was replaced by four Exocet launchers in attempt to provide the Royal Navy reduced to one strike carrier, HMS Ark Royal with some surface fighting capability beyond the range of 4.5/6 inch guns. A much more expensive update costing 63 million pounds, fitted Glamorgan in 1977-1980 with a computerised C3 ADWAS system well in advance of its original fitting, but limited by the essential manual nature of the 4.5 turret and the ageing Seacat and Seaslug missiles.
In the spring and early summer of 1982 Glamorgan was involved in the Falklands War during which she engaged Argentine land forces and protected shipping. In the last days of the war Argentine navy technicians fired a land-based MM-38 Exocet missile which struck the ship causing damage and killing 14 sailors. She was refitted in late 1982. Her last active deployment for the Royal Navy was to the coast of Lebanon in 1984.
In 1986 she was sold to the Chilean Navy, and renamed Almirante Latorre. She served for 12 years until late 1998. On 11 April 2005, she sank while under tow to be broken up.
At the start of the Falklands campaign, on 2 April 1982, Glamorgan was already at sea off Gibraltar about to take part in exercises; she was immediately diverted to join the main Royal Navy task force, and served as flagship for Admiral Sandy Woodward during the voyage south until 15 April, when he transferred his flag to the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes. Her most useful armament proved to be her remaining twin 4.5-inch (114 mm) guns, which were used primarily to shell enemy positions on shore.
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