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Coordinates: 53°04′S 56°56′W. HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer and the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. Commissioned on 16 February 1975 the Sheffield was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War.
Apr 3, 2022 · Falklands War: HMS Sheffield - a survivor's story. 3 April 2022. Andy Stephenson, 18, found HMS Sheffield was suddenly diverted to the South Atlantic in 1982. It was April 1982, and the...
May 1, 2022 · Veterans of the Falklands War have marched through Sheffield to honour those killed when HMS Sheffield was destroyed 40 years ago during the conflict. Twenty crew members died and many more...
Learn about the first major British casualty in the Falklands War, HMS Sheffield, a guided missile destroyer that was hit by an Argentine Exocet missile. Find out how the ship was launched, equipped, attacked and sunk, and why it is a war grave today.
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The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Apr 20, 2022 · A stainless-steel bow of a warship, engraved with the names of the 20 crew killed in 1982, marks the 40th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Sheffield by an Argentine missile. The memorial, created in Sheffield, will be dedicated at the National Memorial Arboretum next month.
May 4, 2022 · 4 May 2022. BBC. The memorial was unveiled at a special event at the National Memorial Arboretum. A memorial to mark the 40th anniversary of the deadly attack on a Royal Navy destroyer during the...
