HMS Glamorgan (D19)

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Laid down:	13 September 1962
Launched:	9 July 1964
Commissioned:	11 October 1966
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Fate:	Sold to Chile.
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HMS Glamorgan (D19) was a County Class destroyer in the Royal Navy from 1966 to 1986. The ship was built by Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle Upon Tyne. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes, HMS 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.

HMS 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 HMS Glamorgan.

For the rest of the Falklands campaign, HMS 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 1986, the ship was sold to Chile and renamed Lattore.