HMS Cardiff 419323 209003892 2008-04-29T14:46:40Z Benea 4456044 fix formatting - she is going to be disposed in some way or another, whether for scrapping, tourist site, etc. Three ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Cardiff''''', after the [[Wales|Welsh]] capital city, [[Cardiff]]: * [[HMS Cardiff (1652)|HMS ''Cardiff'']] was a 34-gun ship, previously the Dutch ship ''Fortune''. She was captured in [[1652]] by [[HMS Tiger (1647)|HMS ''Tiger'']] and was sold in 1658. * [[HMS Cardiff (1917)|HMS ''Cardiff'']] was a [[C class cruiser|C class]] [[light cruiser]] launched in [[1917]] and broken up in [[1946]]. * [[HMS Cardiff (D108)|HMS ''Cardiff'']] was a [[Type 42]] (Batch 1) [[destroyer#Modern destroyers|destroyer]] launched in 1974. She was involved in the [[Falklands War|Falklands]] and [[Gulf War]]s and participated in the build up to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. She was decommissioned in 2005, and is currently awaiting disposal. The ships' motto is "Agris in cardine rerum" which translates as "Keen in emergency". {{shipindex|name=Cardiff, HMS}} [[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Cardiff]] [[sl:HMS Cardiff]]