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- Three Royal Navy warships have been named HMS Sheffield after the city and county borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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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.
Three Royal Navy warships have been named HMS Sheffield after the city and county borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. 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.
v. t. e. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
HMS Sheffield was the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. She was a Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer laid down by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at Barrow-in-Furness on 15 January 1970. She was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 10 June 1971 and commissioned on 16 February 1975.
Apr 3, 2022 · Andy Stephenson served on the ship named after his home town The destroyer was to form part of a taskforce created in response to Argentinian forces' invasion of the Falkland Islands on 2 April...
May 4, 2022 · Then on May 4, 1982, at the height of the war that, HMS Sheffield, the Royal Navy warship named after our city, was blasted by a missile, killing 20 personnel and injuring 24 others. HMS...
May 4, 2022 · The Royal Navy warship named after the Steel City was struck by an Argentine missile on May 4, and later sunk on May 10 in 1982. Of the 268 crew many were taken to safety but 20 were killed and...
