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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: May 25
1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
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.
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was an effective state of war in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/May-25   (9062 words)

  
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David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacked HMS Eagle in New York harbour.
The attack was perhaps spectacular (a charge did detonate beneath the ship), but was nevertheless unsuccessful.
Jun 5: Sinking of HMS Hampshire and death of Kitchener
www.johnowensmith.co.uk /histdate   (11279 words)

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