HMS Coventry (D118)

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HMS Coventry was a Type 42-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down by Cammell Laird, at Birkenhead on 29 January 1973, she was launched on 21 June 1974 and accepted into service on 20 October 1978. She was sunk by Argentine Air Force Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft on 25 May 1982 during the Falklands War while the destroyer was acting as a decoy from the amphibious landings in San Carlos water.

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