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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.
- 1959–1990
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The comedienne's father, David Hart Dyke, was captain of the ship which was shot down by Argentinian Skyhawk jets in 1982, killing 19 crew as the ship sank to the bottom of the South Atlantic.
Hart was born on 14 December 1972 in Torquay, Devon, the child of Captain David Hart Dyke, an officer in the Royal Navy and a member of the Hart Dyke family, and Diana Margaret Luce, daughter of Sir William Luce, Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Aden, and sister of Lord Luce.
May 18, 2012 · David Hart Dyke, captain of HMS Coventry and father of comedian Miranda Hart, relives the horror of losing his ship in the Falklands War. By Christopher Hope and Christopherhope 18 May 2012 •...
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. On the 25 May 1982 the ship was sunk in the South Atlantic ...
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. Throughout...
