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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.
Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke 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.
Falklands 40: David Hart Dyke. 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 was CO of HMS Coventry during the Falklands War; he spoke to British Forces News about the strain of command in the days running up to the shi ...more. In the first of two...
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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...
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.
May 18, 2012 · Hart Dyke was the captain of the Coventry, one of three Type 42 destroyers that were part of the task force sent by Margaret Thatcher to liberate the Falklands after Argentina invaded...
