Four decades after the Cross of Nails was recovered from HMS Coventry off the Falklands, one of the team involved in the delicate operation has had it commemorated on canvas. Emerging from the depths a diver clasps the Cross – symbol of a city, a Royal Navy warship and hope over suffering – in a tribute to the men lost when the warship went down, and the men who dived to the wreck on the secret recovery operation.
The Daily Express going through the National Archives of the British Ministry of Defense unearthed details of a secret operation in the aftermath of the Falkland Islands War to recover what were considered sensitive information and weapons, fearing they might fall into the hands of curious Soviets roaming the area.