HMS Coventry - WikiHQ

Six ships of the British Royal Navy and its predecessors have been named Coventry, after the city of Coventry in the West Midlands.

was the Spanish 28-gun ship San Miguel, captured in 1658, but in turn taken by the French in 1666
was a 48-gun fourth-rate ship-of-the-line launched in 1695, captured by the French in 1704 but soon recaptured, and broken up in 1709
was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1757, captured by the French in 1783, and struck in 1786
was a light cruiser launched in 1916 and sunk in an air attack in 1942
HMS Coventry was intended as a Type 61 frigate that was ordered but then deferred by the 1957 Defence White Paper; when the ship was finally confirmed it was instead built as the
was a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1974 and lost in the Falklands War
was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1986 and sold to Romania in 2003

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