&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Coventry_(D118)_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean,_circa_in_1981_(6417242).jpg) HMS Coventry
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Coventry |
| Builder | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down | 29 January 1973 |
| Launched | 21 June 1974 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1978 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D118 |
| Fate | Sunk by Argentine aircraft, 25 May 1982 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) turbines, 2 shafts producing 36 MW |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 287 |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.1/2 |
HMS Coventry was a Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 29 January 1973, she was launched on 21 June 1974 and accepted into service on 20 October 1978 at a cost of £37,900,000.
She was sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks on 25 May 1982 during the Falklands War.