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    David Hart Dyke

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  1. Captain David Hart Dyke CBE, LVO, ADC (born 3 October 1938) is a retired Royal Navy officer, former aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, and former commanding officer of HMS Coventry, which was sunk during the Falklands War.

  2. Captain David Hart Dyke commanded the destroyer HMS Coventry in the Falklands campaign, surviving the Argentinian air attack that would sink his ship. Captain David Hart Dyke CBE, LVO, ADC is married to Diana Hart Dyke and was Captain of HMS Coventry during the Falkland’s Conflict.

  3. Captain David Hart Dyke was CO of HMS Coventry during the Falklands War; he spoke to British Forces News about the strain of command in the days running up to the ships sinking.

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  4. May 18, 2012 · Hart Dyke was the captain of the Coventry, one of three Type 42 destroyers that were part of the task force sent by Margaret Thatcher to liberate the Falklands after Argentina invaded...

  5. Jul 27, 2020 · Four weeks in May : the loss of HMS Coventry : a captain's story. by. Dyke, David Hart. Publication date. 2007. Topics. Dyke, David Hart, Coventry (Destroyer), Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations, British, Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Personal narratives, British. Publisher. London : Atlantic.

  6. May 25, 2017 · Indeed, the Coventry's captain - David Hart Dyke, the father of comedian Miranda Hart - was socialising with one of the Argentine captains just a few weeks before war broke out.

  7. Apr 1, 2008 · David Hart Dyke gives you the "business end" of that conflict, the story of sailors in harm's way. It is one of the most moving, honest and vivid portraits of life - and war - at sea you will ever pick up.

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