HMS Coventry (D118)

HMS Coventry
History
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
Armament	Sea Dart missile 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun Two Oerlikon 20 mm cannons. Two STWS Mark 2 torpedo tubes, two chaff launchers.
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.