HMS Glamorgan - Computer Ship Of The Future 1967

[Nilgiri]

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/hms-glamorgan-computer-ship-of-the-future

Check out the video hehe!

@Penguin @Blue Marlin @gambit @Vergennes @Taygibay

 

[Penguin]

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/hms-glamorgan-computer-ship-of-the-future

Check out the video hehe!

@Penguin @Blue Marlin @gambit @Vergennes @Taygibay

All eight of the class had short Royal Navy careers, serving on average less than 16 years. This may have had to do with rapid changes in computers during that period. The four ships of Batch 2 however would be operated for 16 to 23 more years after sale to the Chilean Navy, in which they all received extensive upgrades and modernisation.

Glamorgan experience near death in the Falklands campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County-class_destroyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glamorgan_(D19)

Chilean service: 2 variants, all with batch II Exocet installations

Sea Slug removed, double hangar installed, helo platform enlarged, VL Barak installed.

Sea Slug removed, single hangar installed, standard helo platform, VL Barak installed