Naval Service FOI Cell
Navy Command Headquarters
MP 1-4
Navy Command
Leach Building
Whale Island
PORTSMOUTH PO2 8BY
Telephone: 02392 625081
Military: 93832 5081
DII: FLEET-DCS-INFO-FOI1
Our Ref: 21-11-2008-163829-002
E-mail: [email address]
17 December 2008
Pat
[email address]
Dear Pat
Request for Information –Release of Information
Thank you for your request for information received 21 November 2008 concerning ships sunk
from acts of war, as targets or used as artificial reefs. Your enquiry has been considered to be a
request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am able to list those Royal Navy ships sunk because of enemy action in the last 35 years. These
were entirely from the Falklands Campaign: the destroyers SHEFFIELD and COVENTRY; the
frigates ANTELOPE and ARDENT; the landing ship SIR GALAHAD; and also the merchant vessel
taken up from trade to serve in the campaign - the ATLANTIC CONVEYOR.
Unfortunately the searches we have made have not recovered any records of HM Ships that may
have been sunk as targets, or used as artificial reefs.
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powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner’s website,
http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk .
Yours Sincerely,
Mike Demetriou
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Request for Information
Please name HM Ships sunk in the last 35 years either as a target, act of war, or for use
as an artificial reef?
If sunk as a target please indicate weapon used to sink ship?
