Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Port bow view of H.M.S. GLAMORGAN at Cardiff Docks.

The 5,600 ton guided-missile destroyer HMS Glamorgan at Cardiff, c. 1974. This vessel was built on the Tyne in 1964 and was one of the County class of guided-missile destroyers. Note the awnings and side-screens on the foredeck, presumably for a civic reception. This vessel was sold to the Chilean Navy in 1986 and re-named Almirante Latorre. (Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993).

H.M.S. GLAMORGAN. County-class destroyer laid down September 1962 and launched 1964 by Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Commissioned by the Royal Navy in October 1966. She underwent a major arms refit in 1977-79 including construction of accomodation for her on-board Wessex helicopter. SHe had another refit in 1982 following damage sustained by the enemy in the Falklands War. 1986 – Decommissioned, and sold to the Chilean Navy and renamed ALMIRANTE LATORRE, where she served until 1998. She was sold for scrap in 2005 and sank at sea while under tow to be broken up.