HMS Coventry (D118)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 29 January 1973 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1978 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Argentine aircraft on 25 May 1982. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.8 m |
| Propulsion: | COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36 MW |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 287 |
| Armament: | Sea Dart missiles 114 mm (4.5 in) Mk 8 gun |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HAS1 |
| Motto: | |
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HMS Coventry (D118) was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 29 January 1973, launched on 21 June 1974 and commissioned on 20 October 1978.
Coventry participated in the Falklands War in 1982 where she became the first Royal Navy warship to fire the Sea Dart and Sea Skua missiles in action.
Coventry was struck by three bombs from an enemy Argentine aircraft, capsized and sank off the Falkland Islands on 25 May 1982 with the loss of 19 of her crew. Her weapons had managed to shoot down two of her attackers, but at a crucial moment, the computerised anti-aircraft battery suffered a fault and locked down, allowing the remaining aircraft an opportunity to hit her.
Roll of Honour
The 19 sailors killed in the sinking of HMS Coventry.
- Marine Engineering Mechanic Frank O. Ames
- Chief Weapons Engineering Artificer John D. L. Caddy
- Marine Engineering Artificer Paul B. Callus
- Weapons Engineering Mechanic John K. Dobson
- Petty Officer Michael G. Fowler
- Weapons Engineering Mechanic Ian P. Hall
- Lieutenant Rodney R. Heath
- Laundryman Kye Ben Kwo
- Weapons Engineering Artificer David J. A. Ozbirn
- Lieutenant Commander Glen S. Robinson-Moltke
- Leading Radio Operator Bernanrd J. Still
- Marine Engineering Artificer Geoffrey L. J. Stockwell
- Weapons Engineering Artificer David A. Strickland
- Able Seaman Adrian D. Sutherland
- Marine Engineering Mechanician Stephen Tonkin
- Cook Ian Turnbull
- Weapons Engineering Artificer Philip P. White
- Weapons Engineering Artificer Ian R. Williams
See HMS Coventry for other ships to bear the name.
| Type 42 destroyer |
| Royal Navy |
| Sheffield | Birmingham | Newcastle | Glasgow | Cardiff | Coventry | Exeter | Southampton | Nottingham | Liverpool | Manchester | Gloucester | Edinburgh | York |
| Argentine Navy |
| Hércules | Santísima Trinidad |
| List of destroyers of the Royal Navy |