2017年11月3日 · Destroyer HMS Coventry put up a spirited fight against Argentine aircraft, downing two in company with HMS Broadsword in a trap set for the enemy north of Falkland Sound. The success of the...

The first confirmed kill made by Coventry was an Aérospatiale Puma helicopter of 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion, shot down by a Sea Dart over Choiseul Sound, killing its three-man crew. Coventry had been one of three Type 42 destroyers providing anti-aircraft cover

2022年9月29日 · HMS Coventry was attacked by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks on 25th May 1982. The action took the lives of 19 sailors and injured a further 30. With the port side ripped open by 3 bombs, the ship rolled over and just 20 minutes after being hit, leaving little time for all classified materials to be destroyed.

As a war grave at a significant depth HMS Coventry has always had some measure of protection from unauthorised dives, but since November 2001 she has also been listed as a Controlled Site, requiring a permit from the MoD before any dives can be carried out.

2022年6月13日 · Dubbed Operation Blackleg, the saturation diving team, led by Lieutenant Commander Mike Kooner, was tasked with salvaging the wreck of HMS Coventry. The Type 42 destroyer was sunk by an...

2017年12月19日 · These haunting images show the wrecks of three Royal Navy ships sunk in the Falklands War and which are the final resting places for 42 British servicemen. The remains of HMS Coventry, HMS...

2017年12月20日 · HMS Coventry sank 13 miles north of Pebble Island having been attacked by the Argentine Air Force on May 25, 1982. She sank in minutes having been hit by three bombs with the loss of 19 of her crews

2017年11月3日 · Three bombs tore the heart out of the destroyer as they struck Coventry on the port side, causing her to sink in a matter of minutes with the loss of 20 souls.

2009年4月7日 · On 25 May 1982, HMS Coventry and HMS Broadsword were on aircraft picket duty to the northwest in Falkland Sound just off the Falkland Islands. These two ships were to intercept any Argentinean aircraft that were attempting to attack the British amphibious warships at San Carlos Bay in the Falkland Islands.

This site is dedicated to the memory of those of the crew lost on the 25th of May, 1982 when HMS Coventry was sunk by Argentine aircraft during the Falklands War. “HMS Coventry was a guided missile destroyer. We were a thorn in the side of the Argentinian airforce, and they ganged up against us to take us out.