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	HMS Coventry (D118) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Coventry_(D118) (267 words)

	HMS Coventry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third Coventry was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1783.
		The fourth Coventry was light cruiser launched in 1916 and sunk in an air attack in 1942.
		The seventh Coventry (F98) was a frigate launched in 1986 and sold to Romania in 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Coventry (214 words)

	HMS COVENTRY - Find Friends from HMS COVENTRY at Forces Reunited
		Richard Jenner was at HMS Coventry between 1968 and 1992
		Sarah Johnson was at HMS Coventry between 1997 and 2003
		Roger Smale was at HMS Coventry between 1976 and 1990
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Coventry.html (948 words)

	HMS Argonaut Association - Dido Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HMS Argonaut and her company were adopted by the City of Coventry after HMS Coventry the Ceres Class Light Cruiser had been sunk in September 1942 off the cost of Egypt by German JU-87 dive-bombers.
		On December 14th 1942 HMS Argonaut was hit by two torpedoes from the Italian Submarine Mocenigo and was badly damaged with both her bow and stern blown off.
		HMS Hero developed problems with her engines and was detached by the Admiralty on April 9th and the Argonaut was left on her own to cross the Atlantic.
	www.hmsargonaut.co.uk /dido.php (1256 words)

	Coventry Seizes Drugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HMS Coventry took up chase and gained ground as the speedboat slowed to refuel from one of the drums it was carrying, which was then thrown overboard.
		Coventry’s helicopter then guided two Belize police boats to the abandoned vessel, where they seized 1,000 kg of cocaine, with a street value of £40 million.
		HMS Coventry, under the command of Captain Philip Jones RN, arrived at the Caribbean at the end of July having taken over from HMS Sheffield.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/News/3sep01.htm (292 words)

	Navy News - The Falklands Conflict - Fact Card - HMS Coventry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Since she commissioned a year ago, HMS Coventry has been involved in a hectic whirl of trials, work-up and visits, mainly in home waters.
		The Coventry's part IV programme - the tuning and setting to work of sensors and weapons - was completed in mid-August, by which time she had undergone safety operational training at Portland and had been involved in 400 deck landing of a Lynx helicopter in the Lynx first of class trails.
		HMS Coventry, under the command of Captain Christopher Burne, was the fourth Type 42 to commission, followed by HM ships Glasgow and Cardiff.
	www.navynews.co.uk /falklands/ships/coventry.asp (361 words)

	Harpoon HQ - Harpoon Classic, Harpoon II, Harpoon 3, Harpoon 4
		HMS Antrim, Ardent, Argonaut and Broadsword were all attacked in the air strikes on 21 May. HMS Antelope was hit by several UBX's, one of the bombs detonated during the removal of its fuse.
		HMS Coventry and HMS Broadsword were attacked by several waves of Skyhawks while positioned to the north of Falkland Sound as a 42-22 missile trap.
		HMS Broadsword and HMS Coventry are on station north west of Pebble Island acting as a SAM trap for attacking aircraft.
	www.harpoonhq.com /harpoon3/scenarios/plot-falklands.html (8989 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Coventry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HMS Coventry is a Batch 2 Type 22 frigate, which were originally designed as anti-submarine specialists, but which developed into highly-effective all-round warships - their communications fit allows them to function comfortably as a command or flagship.
		Coventry was launched in April 1986 on the Tyne, the last of the six Batch 2 Broadsword-class ships, and she was commissioned in October 1988.
		Recent years have seen HMS Coventry, which is part of the Sixth Frigate Squadron in Devonport, serving in a wide range of roles.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/coventry.asp (342 words)

	HMS Emerald
		HMS Emerald was built by Armstong and laid down on the 19th May 1920 and completed in January 1926.
		HMS Enterprise was built by John Brown on the Clyde laid down on the 28th June 1918 and launched on the 23rd December 1919.
		HMS Emerald served on Atlantic Convoy duty 1939 to 1940, then to the East Indies 1941 -- 1942 and moving to the eastern Fleet 1942 to 1944 and in 1945 moving to reserve fleet.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_emerald.htm (674 words)

	Chapter-11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Arrival of fast minelayer HMS Manxman coming from Great-Britain to Karpathos and carrying as freight a complete GCI radar set to be installed in the island mountain (4000ft) and to double the one already used in Crete.
		HMS Phoebe moored in Suda Bay and still mostly without power is hit by three more bombs and capsize in the afternoon.
		HMS Lively eight 4in guns are particularly effective at such short range and Giacomo Medici is turned into a burning wreck.
	users.domaindlx.com /fantasque/original/Chapter-11.htm (9168 words)

	HMS Kenya
		HMS Kenya was involved in the Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_kenya.htm (915 words)

	The Royal Navy in Operation Allied Force
		HMS Bulldog, a coastal survey vessel, HMS Atherstone and HMS Sandown all helped to detect and dispose of ordnance in Operation 'Allied Harvest' surveying all declared jettison areas.
		The Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset, and subsequently HMS Grafton who relieved her on 26th April, both served as part of the French aircraft carrier Task Group in the Adriatic.
		HMS Iron Duke and HMS Norfolk, also both Type 23 frigates, were deployed to the region as part of NATO Standing Naval Forces patrolling the area and keeping the Yugoslav Navy under constant surveillance.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Kosovo/Navy.html (211 words)

	BBC - Press Office - BBC WM HMS Coventry campaign
		The HMS Coventry vessels of the twentieth century have taken part in both World Wars and the Falklands War, in which 19 crew members lost their lives when the ship was sunk.
		The sixth and most recent HMS Coventry has been deployed a total of 14 times, contributing to different tasks around the world.
		Keith Beech, Station Editor, says: "The name of HMS Coventry is part of the history of the city and of the area.
	www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/05/wmhmscoventry.shtml (279 words)

	Ceres Class Cruisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		HMS Coventry went on to serve in the Mediterranean Fleet from 1940-42 when she too was bombed by both German and Italian Aircraft Carriers off Tobruk.
		HMS Curacoa served with the Home Fleet from 1940-42 when she was lost in a collision with the SS Queen Mary near Donegal.
		The cruiser HMS Ceres was in the port of Vela Luka (island of Korcula in Croatia) between 31st July 1933 and 2nd August 1933.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /ceres_class.htm (2201 words)

	Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict
		Antelope had joined the Task Force in company with two other reinforcements, HMS Exeter and HMS Ambuscade, on 22 May. She arrived in Falkland Sound on 23 May and was put in a position in the most open part of the bay as one of the main air defence assets.
		HMS Coventry fired a Sea Dart at the pair which missed, then Broadsword's Sea Wolf system was confused by the two aircraft being so close together, so failed to select a target and therefore failed to fire The two Skyhawks dropped four bombs, the first three of which missed.
		HMS Broadsword began rescue operations for the crew in the water, while HMS Hermes and the land bases at San Carlos sent a large number of helicopters which took the crew in the liferafts to safety.
	www.raf.mod.uk /falklands/mov1.html (6750 words)

	Coventry is Sunk
		Ironically, because of Coventry's role of protecting the British Task Force carriers and to draw enemy fire, he also knew that the odds were stacked against them.
		He literally walked down her side to the water, and it is believed his life raft was punctured by the super structure as Coventry rolled over.
		The first grave dug in the Falklands was a temporary resting place for Kyo Ben Kwo - laundryman in HMS Coventry - who was one of two Chinese laundry workers who died.
	www.thenewscentre.co.uk /falklands/crew.htm (821 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship HMS Warspite of the Queen Elizabeth class
		This convoy was escorted by the Anti-Aircraft cruisers HMS Calcutta, HMS Coventry and 4 destroyers.
		Cover was provided by the Mediterranean Fleet (Admiral Cunningham) with the battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Valiant, HMS Malaya, HMS Ramillies, the aircraft carriers HMS Illustrious, HMS Eagle, the cruisers HMS York, HMS Gloucester, HMS Liverpool, HMS Ajax, HMS Orion, HMAS Sydney and 16 destroyers.
		The only damage sustaned was to the destroyer HMS Imperial that was mined off Malta and was out of action for over 6 months.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4057.html (645 words)

	HMS Coventry naval art print
		HMS Coventry joined the 5th Light Cruiser squadron in February 1918 till May 1919, and served in the Baltic in this time.
		At the outbreak of world war two HMS Coventry was serving with the Home Fleet between 1939 and 1940, moving to the Mediterranean fleet in 1940 until being sunk off Tobruk on the 14th September 1942 by German and Italian aircraft.
		Coventry was repeatedly bombed both by Italian and German aircraft during the raids and was eventually lost.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_coventry.htm (691 words)

	May 25th 1982 - Attack on HMS Coventry Video - Military Photos
		Should be noted that on the 25th of May, HMS Coventry was in the missile trap to the north west of the task force and had controlled Sea Harriers throughout the day and shot down three aircraft herself (SeaDart).
		Ironically HMS Broadsword's SeaWolf had a lock on the aircraft that bombed the Coventry, but as the aimer was about to launch Coventry actually came across Broadswords bow in an attempt to provide a much smaller target the for skyhawks.
		Coventry's SeaDart achieved a solution, fired, and missed and Coventry was hit by 4 1000lb bombs.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=73764 (877 words)

	HMS Cumberland
		HMS Cumberland, Kent Class cruiser of the Royal Navy.
		HMS Cumberland built at Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched 16th March 1926.
		HMS Cumberland converted to a trials vessel in 1949 and finally scrapped in Newport on 3rd November 1959.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_cumberland.htm (609 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for HMS
		HMS Software launches two new process planning modules at CIM; HMS-Bill Of Material and HMS-Manufacturing Change Management extend power of HMS-CAPP to plan and control manufacturing processes earlier in the process cycle.
		HMS Reaches $2 Billion Milestone in Client Revenue Recoveries.
		Hms Free company and industry info, news, financials, competitors and more.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=HMS (341 words)

	HMS Imperial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		They were suprised by gunfire from HMS Ajax.
		While the Mediterranean Fleet was still on the return trip aircraft from HMS Illustrious and HMS Eagle attacked Leros and in the evening of the 14th the British light cruiser HMS Liverpool while south-east off Crete was hit in the bow by a torpedo from an Italian aircraft.
		HMS Liverpool was not operational again until January 1942.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /D09 (372 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Queen Mother
		The Queen Mother held a special place in the hearts of the people of Coventry and Warwickshire, and not just because of her support during the war years.
		She first arrived in the area in 1940, while Coventry was stepping up its war effort and before German bombers arrived to devastate the city.
		Her support made it fitting that she was guest of honour at the 50th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz memorial in 1990.
	www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/local-history/queen-mother.shtml (579 words)

	Guardian \| 24 are killed as Argentine jets inflict double blow in fleet
		Twenty-four British sailors died and about the same number were injured when the destroyer HMS Coventry and the Cunard container ship Atlantic Conveyor were destroyed by Argentinian air attacks off the Falklands, the Ministry of Defence disclosed yesterday.
		The 3,500-ton Type 13 destroyer Coventry was stationed in an air-defence picket off the northern entrance of Falkland Sound, apparently accompanied by the Type 22 frigate HMS Broadsword.
		Coventry is the fourth Royal Navy ship to be lost since the Falklands campaign began and Atlantic Conveyor the first civilian auxiliary.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4932031-110595,00.html (814 words)

	In the Homeland Day
		He was the commanding officer of the strike against the frigate HMS "Broadsward" and the destroyer HMS "Coventry", and he damaged the first mentioned ship with a bomb of 454 kg (1,000 pounds).
		Left: this testimonial photograph was taken by the crew of the HMS "Broadsward", and show the Skyhawks of the 5th Fighter Group during the attack of May 25th 1982.
		Meanwhile, the Captain of the destroyer HMS Coventry, David Hart-Dyke, after having seen the attack performed by Carballo and Rinke, ordered the ship to maneuver so to protect -as he thought- the defenseless frigate by putting bravely his own ship between the damaged frigate and the new group of attackers.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Falklands/May25th.htm (2205 words)

	Going critical \|\| HMS Coventry
		On the late afternoon of 25 May 1982, at the height of the Falklands war, the British destroyer HMS Coventry was hit by bombs dropped by two Argentinian aircraft.
		Although the majority of the crew were saved, 19 British sailors lost their lives and 25 were injured.
		Along with the HMS Coventry, which was sunk on 25 May, the British lost HMS Sheffield, Ardent and Antelope as well as the container ship Atlantic Conveyor.
	www.channel4.com /science/microsites/G/going_critical/hms_coventry/index.html (430 words)

	Wrecks designated as military remains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The escort aircraft carrier HMS DASHER was destroyed by an internal explosion in the Firth of Clyde, on March 27
		The destroyer HMS EXMOUTH was sunk by a U-Boat in the Moray Firth on January 21
		On May 21st 1982 the frigate HMS ARDENT came under repeated air attack and was hit several times by bombs and rockets. On fire and expecting further attacks, the ship was abandoned. She continued to burn and remain afloat for a further twelve hours before sinking. 22 men were killed and 37 wounded.
	www.mcga.gov.uk /c4mca/mcga-environmental/mcga-dops_row_receiver_of_wreck/mcga-dops-row-protected-wrecks/mcga-dops-sar-row.htm (647 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Ajax of the Leander class
		Consisting of the light cruisers HMS Ajax (flagship), HMNZS Achilles and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter.
		The subsequent battle saw the cruiser HMS Exeter badly damaged with all her guns put out of action but still seaworthy, she suffered 61 killed and 23 wounded and was forced to make for the Falkland Islands to carry out repairs.
		HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles were both damaged and suffered casualties, HMS Ajax 7 dead and wounded and HMS Achilles 4 dead.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4002.html (955 words)

	HMS Manchester - Revell 1/700
		HMS Manchester, and her sisters HMS Gloucester, Edinburgh and York, were completed between 1983 and 1985.
		The name ship of the class, HMS Sheffield, was lost in the Falklands war, as was her sister ship HMS Coventry.
		HMS Sheffield can be built as herself, as Coventry or as "Argentina".
	smmlonline.com /reviews/models/manchesterdd/manchester.html (905 words)

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