San Miguel, captured in 1658, but in turn taken by the French in 1666 HMS Coventry (1695) was a 48-gun fourth-rate ship-of-the-line launched in 1695, captured...
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HMS Coventry was a Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 29 January...
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Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand (F221) (redirect from HMS Coventry (F98))
ship named HMS Coventry (F98). She was originally intended to be named Boadicea but was named Coventry in honour of the previous Coventry, a Type 42 destroyer...
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HMS Coventry was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Coventry. She was part of the Ceres group of the C-class of...
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May 1982, she was paired with HMS Coventry to draw Argentine aircraft away from the landings at San Carlos. If Coventry's long range Sea Dart missiles...
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aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, and former commanding officer of HMS Coventry, which was sunk during the Falklands War. Hart Dyke, a member of the...
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reached Ascension Island on 14 April, accompanied by HMS Arrow, HMS Brilliant, HMS Coventry, HMS Glasgow to be later joined by RFA Appleleaf. They joined...
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The Coventry Cross of Nails, Frauenkirche Dresden HMS Diamond and her crew were honoured with the Freedom of Entry to the City of Coventry, Coventry Freemens...
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Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of HMS Sheffield)
Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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HMS Coventry was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1757 and in active service as a privateer hunter during the Seven Years' War...
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Escort force: HMS Antrim, HMS Coventry, HMS Broadsword, HMS Brilliant, HMS Ardent, HMS Antelope, HMS Argonaut, HMS Plymouth and HMS Yarmouth. This is...
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Narwal after receiving a distress signal, but was shot down by destroyer HMS Coventry with a Sea Dart missile, killing all three members of the crew. One Hundred...
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missile system and the Type 42 Glasgow sustained damage. On 25 May 1982, HMS Coventry and Broadsword also operating in a 22/42 combination to the north-west...
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Conveyor on 20 May 1982. On 25 May 1982 (the same day as the loss of HMS Coventry) Atlantic Conveyor was hit by two AM39 Air Launched Exocet missiles fired...
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Coventry (/ˈkɒvəntri/ KOV-ən-tree or /ˈkʌv-/ KUV-) is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne...
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on HMS Coventry when she went to the assistance of a hospital ship which was being attacked by German dive-bombers. When the enemy engaged Coventry, strafing...
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been presented to all ships that carry the name Coventry. It was recovered from the wreck of HMS Coventry by divers after she was sunk in the Falklands...
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in 1982 during the Falklands War, he commanded the frigates HMS Beaver and HMS Coventry. He went on to be Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and...
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HMS Antelope was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy that participated in the Falklands War and was sunk by Argentine aircraft. Her keel was laid down...
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uncle live in Lullingstone Castle. Her father was commanding officer of HMS Coventry when it was sunk during the 1982 Falklands conflict, and he was badly...
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HMS Coventry was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1695. The French 54-gun Auguste, together...
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Ohio Coventry Village, a commercial district in Cleveland Heights, Ohio HMS Coventry, names of several former warships of the Royal Navy Coventry armoured...
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HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy Type 21 frigate. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position...
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21 June, the hulk was towed out to sea by the tugboat Typhoon and sunk by HMS Onyx using torpedoes; it is now an official war grave, designated as a protected...
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(HMS Fearless, HMS Intrepid) Type 82 destroyer (HMS Bristol) Type 42 destroyer (HMS Sheffield, HMS Coventry, HMS Glasgow, HMS Cardiff, HMS Exeter) County-class...
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French and renamed Armes d'Angleterre. Coventry Technical College (1988). HMS Coventry. Reynolds Press Printers. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]...
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1919, and Holyhead, in 1915. HMS Boadicea was considered as a name for one of the Type 22 frigates, but the name HMS Coventry was selected instead. Colledge...
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Percyvall Hart Dyke, is a retired Captain in the Royal Navy and commanded HMS Coventry during the Falklands War. His daughter Miranda Hart is a well known writer...
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Soviet Union. May 25 – British ships HMS Coventry and SS Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War; Coventry by two A-4C Skyhawks and Atlantic...
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