Talk:HMS Coventry (D118)

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I read at BRNC and in Sandy Woodward's book that she sank cos she called off the fighters and then got in the way of BROADSWORD's Sea Wolf which could have shot down the aircraft which eventually bombed her..... This was the version told to me by a man on Broadsword at the time and a man on COVENTRY at the time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ir5ac (talk • contribs) 21:04, December 24, 2006

Reference formats
It would be nice if the standard citation templates for references were used - WP:CIT -- John (Daytona2 · talk) 22:57, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Coord
I noticed the es:HMS Coventry (D118) spanish article has them. Could someone check if there are correct ?. Thanks. --Jor70 (talk) 12:07, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Notability of death
I removed a single sentence with a single name of a sailor that died after the sinking of HMS Coventry. This edit was later undone. I contend the inclusion of this delayed death is not notable particularly since the 19 sailors who died in the sinking of HMS Coventry are not listed, and the source was not WP:RS. While we all regret loss of life, Wikipedia is not a memorial and additions to articles should encyclopedic and meet the criteria for inclusion with Wikipedia. Spectre9 (talk) 20:21, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

.See botom of this page Cambridgeshire Swavesey Role of Honour It is noted as Paul is not normally included in Falkland Island personal losses

Garcia
It's tangential to the subject, but one line struck me - "Later a FAA A-4C Skyhawk coded C-304 of Grupo 4 de Caza deployed to San Julian was shot down north east of Pebble Island by another Sea Dart while returning from a mission to San Carlos Water. Capitán Jorge Osvaldo García successfully ejected but was not recovered from the water. His body was washed ashore in a dinghy at Golding Island in 1983." This wording is repeated over the internet and I can find no clear explanation but, given that he was washed up in a dinghy and thus presumably alive for some time after ejecting, (a) was he simply left to die of exposure or (b) was no-one aware that he survived the shoot-down? 80.189.77.26 (talk) 21:06, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Always look on the Bright Side of Life
Since the ship capsized and sank in 20 minutes I find it hard to believe that the crew sang this song while awaiting rescue. Is there another source for the claim?

I suspect inspiration for the claim comes from HMS Sheffield, which stayed afloat for several days after it was attacked. I distinctly remember Capt. Sam Salt relating this anecdote about his own ship's company while being interviewed aboard HMS Hermes a week or so after the sinking. He was just this side of tearful in his recollection of the event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.115.33.64 (talk) 20:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Source dose not contain details relevent
"Nineteen of her crew were killed and a further 30 injured." the source given (Parsons, Michael (2000). The Falklands War. Sutton. p. 70. ISBN 0-7509-2354-7 ) dose not contain the number of crew killed/injured in this attack. The Proccy (talk) 01:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)