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HMS COVENTRY

 Bob Sharples

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HMS Coventry Summer 1981 Newsletter

Four Weeks in May

Sea of Fire

Penguin News

Bob Sharples' photos

These photos are from Paul (Bob) Sharples, who was in the CPO's mess from June 1981 until the end. Mostly taken during the Coventry's time with Standing NATO Force Atlantic prior to Christmas 1981 plus some of the remembrance dinner onboard HMS Hermes on the first anniversary, in Norfolk, Virginia.


Sunrise at anchor off Lisbon, October 1981

Sunrise at anchor off Lisbon, October 1981

Bob in Amsterdam, December 1981

Bob, Dave Nunn, Keith Blenkharn, Ron the Can Man - Lubeck, November 1981

Dave Nunn, Amsterdam, December 1981

SNFL - Christmas departure sail past USS CV Ricketts, December 1981

SNFL - Bunch of silly Chiefs, December 1981

SNFL - Christmas departure sail past USS CV Ricketts, December 1981

SNFL - HNLMS Kortenaer, December 1981

SNFL - HNLMS Kortenaer, December 1981

SNFL - Christmas departure sail past USS CV Ricketts, December 1981

Bob Sharples, Gerry (The Joss) Gilbert, Dave Nunn, Darby Allen

Bob Curd, Fred Kelly, Alex Hill, Bob Sharples

Dinner for Coventry survivors aboard HMS Hermes, Virginia (USA), 25th May 1983

Dinner for Coventry survivors aboard HMS Hermes, Virginia (USA), 25th May 1983

Attendees for Dinner for Coventry survivors aboard HMS Hermes, Virginia (USA), 25th May 1983

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