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Nat Geo: Esta es la version inglesa del espectacular hundimiento del HMS Coventry en la guerra en malvinas el 25 de mayo de 1982. In March 1982, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. 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 Nat Geo: In March 1982, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. 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. En marzo de 1982, el destructor misilistico HMS Coventry fue uno de un pequeño escuadrón de buques ejercitándo cerca de Gibraltar. Para el Coventry, la guerra comenzó en serio el 1 de mayo. Su trabajo consistía en ser "el piquete" al noroeste de las islas. Iba a dar una alerta temprana de acercarse a los aviones enemigos desde el oeste, y defenderse de cualquier amenaza de entrada a las naves y aeronaves de gran valor que tenía detrás. El 25 de mayo, de Coventry fue atacado por dos aviones Skyhawk argentinos y tres impactos de bombas sellaron su suerte. Las explosiones afectaron la mayor parte de su banda de babor y mataron a 19 de la tripulación, dejando numerosos heridos - en su mayoría por quemaduras. A los veinte minutos, ella había volcado, y se hundió al día siguiente. En sus últimos momentos, cuando todos los que no murieron por las explosiones habían sido evacuados del barco, su capitán, David Hart Dyke, él mismo gravemente quemado, subió por su banda de estribor y en una balsa salvavidas. Esta es su historia convincente y conmovedora.