VETERANS of HMS Coventry which sank during the Falklands War are breaking tradition to hold their next reunion in Coventry.

HMS Coventry. News. ... Cllr Gary Ridley with a painting of HMS Coventry D118 at the Council House. Our free email updates are the best way to get headlines direct to your inbox.

It brought down more aircraft than any other ship during the Falklands War, but HMS Coventry would ultimately prove to be a pawn in the conflict's end game. On the afternoon of 25 May, 1982, three ...

Today 25 May marks 43 years since the HMS Coventry sank during the Falklands War - a conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina. To mark the anniversary we've taken a look back at the ...

HMS Coventry was a Type 42 destroyer that was in service for less than four years A naval diver who searched the wreck of HMS Coventry after it was sunk during the ...

Christopher Howe, now 65, was a Petty Officer on board HMS Coventry when the destroyer was attacked by Argentine jets in the Falklands War. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Now the sinking of the Royal Navy warship HMS Coventry is to be dramatised on film in a £10 million movie blockbuster being co-produced by Glasgow-based production company Crab Apple Films.

The crew of HMS Diamond attracted crowds of onlookers gathering outside Coventry Council House More than 100 Royal Navy sailors have marched through Coventry to mark their freedom of the city. The ...

In an interview for BBC Two documentary Sea Of Fire, aired on the 25th anniversary of the disaster, HMS Coventry's captain said he knew it would be a suicide mission for his vessel and crew.