Tag: HMS Coventry

• Wednesday, March 27th 2024 - 11:10 UTC

  HMS Coventry recovered Cross of Nails commemorated on canvas

  

  Four decades after the Cross of Nails was recovered from HMS Coventry off the Falklands, one of the team involved in the delicate operation has had it commemorated on canvas. Emerging from the depths a diver clasps the Cross – symbol of a city, a Royal Navy warship and hope over suffering – in a tribute to the men lost when the warship went down, and the men who dived to the wreck on the secret recovery operation.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Operation Blackleg to recover sensitive information from HMS Coventry sunk by Argentine bombers

  

  The Daily Express going through the National Archives of the British Ministry of Defense unearthed details of a secret operation in the aftermath of the Falkland Islands War to recover what were considered sensitive information and weapons, fearing they might fall into the hands of curious Soviets roaming the area.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2017 - 11:13 UTC

  Images of Falklands' war wrecks: HMS Coventry, HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope

  

  Images showing the wrecks of three Royal Navy ships sunk in the Falklands War and which are the final resting places for 42 British servicemen. The remains of HMS Coventry, HMS Antelope and her sister ship HMS Ardent have been captured using sonar images taken by the survey vessel HMS Enterprise.

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 07:21 UTC

  Falklands Atlantic patrol honors shipmates of vessels sank during 1982 conflict

  

  A small party from Atlantic patrol tasking (South) HMS Portland have made a pilgrimage to First Mountain as part of a week of commemorations in the Falkland Islands to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the 1982 conflict.

• Sunday, May 15th 2011 - 09:28 UTC

  Film “Destroyer” will re-edit the sinking of HMS Coventry in the Falklands war

  

  The sinking of HMS Coventry in the Falklands War is to be made into a full-length cinema film to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, reports the Portsmouth and Coventry press.