HMS Coventry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Coventry
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:aircraft_operated Westland Wessex helicopter
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Dart_missiles
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Birkenhead
gptkbp:casualties 19 killed
gptkbp:class gptkb:Type_42_destroyer
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_Coward
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1976
gptkb:1979
gptkbp:commissioned_into_service gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:crew 300 personnel
gptkbp:crew_capacity around 300
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:2002
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:2001
South Atlantic
gptkbp:disbandment_date sunk as a target
gptkbp:displacement 5,500 tons
4,800 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
sunk by Argentine aircraft
gptkbp:home_fleet gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Coventry
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1974
gptkb:1978
gptkbp:length 132.6 meters
152.4 meters
gptkbp:memorials HMS Coventry Memorial in Portsmouth
gptkbp:name gptkb:Coventry
gptkbp:nickname Covey
gptkbp:notable_event Engaged in air defense during Falklands War
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Paraquet
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:operational_range 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_965_radar
gptkbp:received Battle Honours
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:HMS_Daring
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:role Air defense
gptkbp:served_as Air defense destroyer
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:2002
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:Type_205_sonar
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Dauntless
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:Falklands_War
air attack
25 May 1982
gptkbp:survivors around 26 rescued
gptkbp:type gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4