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"Four Weeks in May: The Loss of "HMS Coventry" By David Hart Dyke"
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- Title
- Four Weeks in May: A Captain's Story of War at Sea
- ISBN
- 9781843545903
- Book Title
- Four Weeks in May: a Captain's Story of War at Sea
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 241mm
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- Government, Ships, History
- Item Width
- 165mm
- Item Weight
- 640g
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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In March 1982, HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April that year, she was sailing south in the vanguard of the Task Force towards the Falklands. As diplomacy failed, crisis became conflict and war was inevitable. For Coventry, the war began in earnest on 1 May. Her job was to be 'on picket' to the north west of the islands. She was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft from the west, and fend off any incoming threat to the highly valuable ships and aircraft behind her. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs. The explosions tore out most of her port side and killed 19 of the crew, leaving many others injured - mostly by burns. Within twenty minutes, she had capsized, and was to sink early the next day. In her final moments, when all those not killed by the explosions had been evacuated from the ship, her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This is his compelling and moving story.
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Atlantic Books
ISBN-13
9781843545903
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91718461
Product Key Features
Book Title
Four Weeks in May: a Captain's Story of War at Sea
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Government, Ships, History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
304 Pages
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Item Height
241mm
Item Width
165mm
Item Weight
640g
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United Kingdom
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