HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer and commissioned on 16th February 1975. She was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War.
She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super Étendard aircraft on 4th May 1982 and while being towed towards South Georgia Island, she sank in heavy seas on the 10th May 1982.
1. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
Memorial to HMS Sheffield, a Type 42 destroyer, which sank off the coast of Sealion Island during the Falklands War in 1982. Photo: The News archive
2. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
A casualty from HMS Sheffield being rushed to the sick bay on board HMS Hermes. Photo: The News archive
3. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
2005. HMS Sheffield remembrance service at the Falklands Memorial in Old Portsmouth.
Picture: Ian Hargreaves (050519-15) Photo: The News archive
4. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
2005. HMS Sheffield remembrance service at the Falklands Memorial in Old Portsmouth.
Picture: Ian Hargreaves (050519-6) Photo: The News archive