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HMS Sheffield: Namesake: Sheffield: Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker: Yard number: 5: Laid down: 31 January 1935: Launched: 23 July 1936: Commissioned: 25 August 1937: Identification: Pennant number: C24: Nickname(s) Shiny Sheff: Honours and awards
Sep 29, 2017 · HMS Sheffield (Capt. E. de F. Renouf, CVO, RN) arrived at Sullom Voe from Scapa Flow. (2) 14 Sep 1939 HMS Sheffield (Capt. E. de F. Renouf, CVO, RN) departed Sullom Voe for the Northern Patrol. She was ordered to patrol to the east of Iceland.
A prototype radar system was placed into service in August 1938 on the Sheffield. It was the first vessel in the Royal Navy to be so equipped. HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
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Feb 13, 2024 · 4 × 3-pounder. 8 x QF 2-pounder (40 mm) guns [quadruple mounts] Torpedo tubes: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships.
HMS Sheffield (C24) (1936) – a Town-class light cruiser which saw service in World War II from the Arctic Circle and the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. She was one of the Royal Navy pursuit ships that tracked down the German battleship Bismarck. She was sold and scrapped in 1967.
Type 79Y RADAR from August 1938 [1] Armament: 12 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns [triple mounts] 8 × 4" [double mounts] 4 × 3 pdr., 8 x 2 pdr. [quadruple mounts] Torpedo tubes: 6 × 21". HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
HMS Sheffield C24: 01.01.1938: Daniel B. McCarry: Blacksmith: HMS Sheffield C24: 09.10.1938: James A.E. Bromley: Able Seaman: HMS Sheffield C24: 24.02.1939: Frederick H.A. Holleyfield: Ordinary Seaman: HMS Sheffield C24: 04.11.1939: John W.V. Penn: Stoker: HMS Sheffield C24: 30.01.1940: Ninian G.R. Crawford: Lieutenant Commander: HMS Sheffield ...
