'Black Tuesday'

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On May 25 in 1982 Argentine air forces made an all-out effort against British shipping in the Falklands to mark their national day.

HMS Coventry accounted for at least two of the enemy aircraft with her Sea Dart missiles, but the destroyer's luck ran out late in the day when she was hit by three bombs in rapid succession. The Type 42 sank rapidly, losing 20 men. To date she is the last Royal Navy warship lost to enemy action.

'Black Tuesday' also cost the UK the support ship Atlantic Conveyor, carrying vital equipment and supplies, but left a burned-out wreck with a dozen men dead after she was hit by an Exocet missile.

39yrs ago today the Atlantic Conveyor was hit by two exocet missiles. This was the only Merchant Navy loss of the war.
Roll of Honour.

Merchant Navy

* Bosun John B. Dobson
* Mechanic Frank Foulkes
* Steward David R. S. Hawkins
* Mechanic James Hughes
* Captain Ian H. North, D.S.C.
* Seaman Chan Chi Shing
* Mechanic Ernest M. Vickers
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
* 1st Radio Officer Ronald Hoole
* Seaman Ng Por
Royal Navy
* Chief Petty Officer Edmund Flanagan
* Air Engineering Mechanic (R) Adrian J. Anslow
* Leading Air Engineering Mechanic (L) Don L. Price

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Remembering The Mighty HMS Hood and The Men Who Perished:

On the 24th May 1941 the mighty Hood, a unique battlecruiser of her day, sank within 3 minutes. There were only 3 survivors – 1, 415 died on that day.

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A memorial service was conducted on board the current HMS Prince of Wales which featured a fragment of shell fired from Bismarck during the battle.

The ship's Second World War namesake was with HMS Hood and engaged in the battle with the German ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen when she was sunk.

A wreath was also laid at the Navy training centre HMS Collingwood in Hampshire by Commanding Officer, Captain Catherine Jordan.

The HMS Hood Association hosted a virtual service of commemoration and remembrance from St James Garlickhythe Church in London, where a wreath was laid.