Both Capt. Carballo and Lt. Rinke (flying as “Vulcano flight”) survived the attack (as well as the HMS Broadsword from where the picture was taken), reportedly because the Sea Wolf missile ...

May marks 43 years since the HMS Coventry sank during the Falklands War - a conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina ...

Nineteen lives were lost, but thanks to the brave efforts of the crew on board and those from nearby vessel HMS Broadsword, 280 people were saved. That fateful day 30 years ago was also Argentina ...

Coventry and HMS Broadsword were operating north west of the Falklands Islands as an early warning against air attack. Argentine forces sent two flights of US-built A-4B Skyhawks against the ...

The Coventry and the type 22 frigate, HMS Broadsword, were on guard duty to spring a "missile trap" against Argentine aircraft attacking vulnerable vessels landing British troops at San Carlos ...

To distract away from the landings, HMS Coventry and HMS Broadsword were manoeuvred into positions close to the northwest Falklands Sound. Both ships had onboard surface-to-air and regular ...

Then on May 25, HMS Coventry and Type 22 frigate HMS Broadsword, which had taken up radar duties away from the main fleet, were attacked by Argentinian Skyhawks. Broadsword suffered minor damage ...

The destroyer was struck by three 250kg bombs on her port side while operating with HMS Broadsword off Pebble Island, north of the Falklands, in a bid to lure Argentine aircraft away from the bulk ...

David Hart Dyke, captain of HMS Coventry and father of comedian Miranda Hart, relives the horror of losing his ship in the Falklands War. Painful memories: Captain David Hart Dyke, whose ship HMS ...

Captain Hart Dyke, who wrote about the sinking in the book Four Weeks In May, made it to a life-raft and was picked up by the frigate HMS Broadsword, from where he witnessed his ship's final death ...

You’ve got to respect the man for that.” Derek, who served as a Royal Navy stoker on HMS Broadsword during the Falklands War in 1982, was a widower and leaves behind a son, a daughter and two ...