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A bit of history: 25 May 1982: Falklands War :HMS Coventry (D118) sunk
tjkhan
5/24/2006 5:14:46 PM
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From Wikipedia:
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.
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