HMS Glamorgan (D19)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 13 September 1962 |
| Launched: | 9 July 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 11 October 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 1986 |
| Fate: | Sold to Chile in September 1986 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6200 tons full load |
| Length: | 520 ft (159m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft |
| Draught: | 20 ft 5 in (6.2m) |
| Propulsion: | COSAG, two sets of geared steam turbines producing 30,000 s.h.p., four gas turbines producing 30,000 s.h.p.,; two shafts. |
| Speed: | 30 knots. |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 471 |
| Armament: | Four Exocet surface-to-surface missiles; two mountings for Seacat surface-to-air missiles and twin Seaslug surface-to-air missile launcher aft; two launchers for shipborne torpedoes, 4.5in. twin gun turret; two 20mm Oerlikon cannon. |
| Aircraft: | Wessex 3 helicopter |
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HMS Glamorgan (D19) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle Upon Tyne. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes, Glamorgan was named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan. She was launched on June 9 1964, and was delivered to the Navy two years later.
In the mid- 1970s Glamorgan had her 'B' turret replaced by four Exocet launchers.
Glamorgan was involved in the Falklands War sailing south with the British task force. On May 1 she bombarded Argentine positions around Port Stanley along with HMS Arrow and HMS Alacrity. The bombardment was meant to convince the Argentine forces that the British were landing troops and draw out the Argentine airforce and navies into battle. The three British ships soon came under attack by Mirage III jets with two 500lb bombs narrowly missing Glamorgan.
For the rest of the Falklands campaign, Glamorgan undertook close support of British forces on the ground by bombarding enemy positions. However on June 12 the ship was struck by an Exocet missile fired by a shore battery and was badly damaged. Thirteen sailors were killed, however the ship was not damaged so bad as to sink, and evacuated the area for repairs before heading back to Portsmouth after 104 days at sea.
In 1984 Glamorgan helped British peacekeepers in Lebanon. She decommissioned in 1986 and was sold to Chile in September 1986 and renamed Latorre. Latorre was decommissioned from Chilean Navy service in late 1998 and remains laid up in reserve.
August 2004: ex-"Latorre" was sold for scrap.
See HMS Glamorgan for other ships of this name.
| County-class destroyer |
| Devonshire | Hampshire | London | Kent | Fife | Glamorgan | Antrim | Norfolk |
| List of destroyers of the Royal Navy |