HMS Glamorgan
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Glamorgan | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | guided missile destroyer | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Chile, United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Chilean Navy, Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | Falklands War | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | South Pacific Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | -35.9667, -77.3667 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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 an attempt to provide the Royal Navy, reduced by then 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, 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 of her crew.
Location
- Recorded position: -35.9667, -77.3667 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: South Pacific Ocean
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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