The sinking of HMS Coventry in the Falklands War is to be made into a full-length cinema film to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, reports the Portsmouth and Coventry press.

And that is where divers found it, among personal possessions of Captain David Hart-Dyke, HMS Coventry’s Commanding Officer on the fateful day of May 25 1982.

HMS Diamond already has a link to Coventry, while HMS Venturer, for example, is affiliated to Essex. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.

The loss of HMS Sheffield and Coventry demonstrated, this latter role denied the ships supporting fire from accompanying warships and highlighted their vulnerability. In the 1960s the Royal Navy was ...

The warship is already affiliated with Coventry, while the town of Wantage has an affiliation with HMS Queen Elizabeth - the aircraft carrier described by the Navy as its "most powerful warship ever".