From from www.britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/May25th.htm
Here’s the chap, the date shown under the ship outline is one in which no ships were sunk, in fact none damaged either mainly due to the fact there is no recorded attacks on that day!!!
The ship depicted is a Type 42, and the date is 12-5-82. The full outline signifies a kill.
also reference the time taken for Coventry to sink
What I do like about this site is this little quote at the beginning
“Note: This article mainly contains the Argentine version of the war combined with data from British sources. This article is also devoted to all the personnel from the Argentine Air Force who fought and worked hard during the Malvinas/Falklands conflict in 1982. - Diego Zampini.”
So it is actually possible for a sensible and reasoned account to be written by Argentine parties interested in the war. DZ is in fact Argentine, and lives there.
Anyway the quote we’re looking for.
"When 1st Lt. Mariano Velasco performed his final run with his A-4B Skyhawk serial number C-207, dropped three bombs of 454 kg (1,000 pounds) at 14:21 hs. against the HMS Coventry, hitting all of them the ship in a 45 degrees angle. The bombs penetrated deep inside the ship, and exploded with a tremendous strenght: the Argentine revenge had reached the destroyer of the proud Royal Navy and had caused a deadly wound. The ship was abandoned at 14:48 and finally sunk around 15:22 hs. The wreckage caused 22 British sailors dead and the loss of an antisubmarine Lynx helicopter (the XZ242). The Blood Debt of the Coventry with the FAA had been payed. "
My red colouring. Not quite 20 minutes was it. Note, Coventry was abandoned at 14:48, that means she was empty, and she sank 34 mins later. The first bombs fell off the rails at 14:21 meaning, from bomb realease to sinking, the whole thing took one hour!!!
Also this claims 22 sailors dead which is obviously closer my 19 than other claims (ie 100!!)
Although I can only find 19 names in the official lists.
