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Four Weeks in May: A Captain's Story of War at Sea by David Hart-Dyke (Hardcover, 2007)

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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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Publisher
Atlantic Books
ISBN-13
9781843545903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91718461

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Book Title
Four Weeks in May: a Captain's Story of War at Sea
Author
David Hart-Dyke
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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241mm
Item Width
165mm
Item Weight
640g

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David Hart-Dyke
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by alibo623028 Feb, 2024
An amazing true story well written
Aamzing true story well written
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by ynot60007 Nov, 2012
burn the midnight oil,very good reading
very easy reading for the nautical minded,even more so if you served in the royal navy,not a book you can just put down,photos are a bonus.dont let any one borrow this book my experience my book is being passed on and on, will i ever get my book back. ?
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by snel599523 Jan, 2019
A great story
Fascinating story of the loss of COVENTRY. Amazing.
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by dasher161813 Oct, 2021
Very hard to put down once started.
A very poignant account of true events and yet sad in places, a must for any sailors to read.
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by B9wBbgQzR5K@Del...03 Feb, 2011
Falklands
I found this book absorbing,I couldnt put it down.I hadnt seen it before I bidded for it on EBay.I am glad that I was sucessful in getting it.I have an interest in the Falklands War,especially the Navy.I shall be looking on EBay for other books on this subject.

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