HMS Cardiff
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cardiff, after the Welsh capital city, Cardiff:
- HMS Cardiff was a 34-gun ship, previously the Dutch ship Fortune. She was captured in 1652 by HMS Tiger and was sold in 1658.
- HMS Cardiff was a C class light cruiser launched in 1917 and broken up in 1946.
- HMS Cardiff was a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer launched in 1974. She was involved in the Falklands and Gulf Wars 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".
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