Crew Of CoventryHMSHMS Coventry (D118) was a Royal Navy destroyer that lost 19 of its crew when it was sunk by Argentinian aircraft during a battle on 25 May, 1982, at the height of the Falklands War.The ship was immobilised by the bomb attack and began to capsize, sinking within 20 minutes.The following military personnel lost their lives:MEM(M)1 F O ARMESACWEA J D L CADDYMEM(M)l P B CALLUSAPOCA S R DAWSONAWEM(R)1 J K DOBSONPO(S) M G FOWLERWEM(O)1 I P HALLLT R R HEATHAWEM(N)1 D J A OZBIRNLT CDR G S ROBINSON-MOLTKELRO(W ) B J STILLMEA2 G L J STOCKWELLAWEAl D A STRICKLANDAAB(EW) A D SUNDERLANDMEM(M)2 S TONKINACK I E TURNBULLAWEA2 P P WHITEWEA/APP I R WILLIAMSIn addition Hong Kong laundry man Kye Ben Kwo was also killed.Another crew member, Paul Mills, died on 29 March, 1983, from a brain tumour caused by a skull fracture sustained during the the attackA memorial cross was erected on Pebble Island after the war.Captain David Hart-Dyke said in 2002: "HMS Coventry was a guided missile destroyer. We were a thorn in the side of the Argentinian airforce, and they ganged up against us to take us out. Nineteen of my sailors were killed, and the rest of us by some miracle swam to the life rafts to be picked out of the water by helicopters. At the time you can keep going, but it took me about two years to recover."In total 255 British servicemen died in the Falklands War, including 88 Royal Navy seamen.
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