Draft:Operation Blackleg

  • Comment: May I suggest you use WP:INCITE as it will be tough for someone to review and approve this draft if they do not know which source supports which content? CNMall41 (talk) 04:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Still hardly any indication of the sources used. Modussiccandi (talk) 09:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)


Operation Blackleg,[1] from September 16, 1982 – January 28, 1983, was the code name for the recovery of NATO-sensitive equipment and documents from the sunken wreck of the HMS Coventry a type 42 ( Sheffield Class) destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by Argentine Airforce A-4 Skyhawks on May 25, 1982, during the Falklands War. Royal Navy Clearance Divers from the Saturation Diving and Deep Trails Team based at HMS Vernon under the Command of Lt. Cdr M.D Kooner formed Naval Party 2200.[2]

  1. ^ Hart Dyke, David (2007). Four Weeks in May. The loss of HMS Coventry: a Captain's story (1st ed.). London: Atlantic Books. pp. 237–239. ISBN 9781843545903.
  2. ^ Hawkins (8 July 1983). "Operation Blackleg". Some Journal (1): 12–15.