1978 to 1982    

D118 HMS Coventry

UK Royal Navy





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Flight Deck: CV
Call Sign: GQIG
Shipyard: Cammell Laird
See Also: FF Type 22 (Batch 2) Boxer class F98





  Events


History of UK HMS Coventry D118

1973-jan-29Laid downLaid down Yard No. V.1359
1974-jun-21LaunchedLaunched
1978-oct-20CommissionedCommissioned
1979-aprAircraftAircraft assigned 815 NAS 212 Flt Lynx HAS.2 XZ250 / 336-CV, until c Jan 1980
1980-febAircraftAircraft assigned 815 NAS 212 Flt Lynx HAS.2 XZ257 / 336-CV, until c Nov 1981
1980-oct-07DeploymentDeployment Armilla Patrol First British Warship to be assigned the Armilla Patrol duty, with XZ257 embarked.
1982-janAircraftAircraft assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ700 /336-CV by Jan 1982
1982-apr-02DeploymentDeployment Operation Corporate Ordered to South Atlantic from Exercise Springtrain, off Gibraltar.
1982-apr-17AircraftAircraft exchanged Ships Flt with Sea Skua fitted Lynx HAS.2 XZ242 /336
1982-mayDecommissionedDecommissioned
1982-may-25Fate: sunkFate: sunk South Atlantic (CV) Enemy Action Sunk after being hit by bombs in South Atlantic



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  Specifications


Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class
3560light (tn)
4350full load (tn)
125length (m)
14beam (m)
5.80draught (m)
4000range (nm)
29max speed (knots)
50000power (shp)

2Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Olympus
2Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Tyne
2Naval Engine propulsion system: COGOG

1Missile Launcher Sea Dart

4Chaff and decoys Seagnat

1Naval Radar air search radar Type 965
2Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 909
1Naval Radar navigation radar Type 1006
1Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 996
1Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 2050

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UK Cammell Laird,




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