HMS Coventry (D118)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 29 January 1973 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sunk by Argentine aircraft on 25 May 1982. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length: | 410 feet |
| Beam: | 47 feet |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36MW |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 287 |
| Armament: | Sea Dart missiles 4.5-in Mk 8 gun |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 |
| Motto: | |
HMS Coventry (D118) was a Type 42 class destroyer 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 Falkland Islands War in 1982 where she became the first Royal Navy warship to fire the Sea Dart and Sea Skua missiles in action. HMS Coventry was struck by three bombs from an enemy Argentine aircraft and sank off the Falkland Islands on 25 May 1982 with the loss of 19 of her crew.
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