HMS Tiger Bay
During the Falklands War, the Argentine Z-28 patrol ARA Islas Malvinas GC82 was captured by the Type 42 destroyer HMS Cardiff. Brought into service with the Royal Navy, the crew subsequently renamed her HMS Tiger Bay. Stationed in Portsmouth Harbour for a period, she was sold for scrap in 1986.
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Famous quotes containing the words tiger and/or bay:
“The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)