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.
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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.
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.
17. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
2005. HMS Sheffield remembrance service at the Falklands Memorial in Old Portsmouth.Picture: Ian Hargreaves (050519-5) Photo: The News archive
18. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
Captain Sam Salt on board the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes after his destroyer HMS Sheffield was lost during an Exocet missile attack by an Argentinian submarine in the Falkland Islands during the Falklands conflict, May 1982. (Photo by Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
19. HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War
A flag has been raised at The Falklands Memorial in Old Portsmouth to mark the 37th anniversary of the end of the conflict. Dave Colville who was working in the Falklands during the war with veteran Chris Purcell who was aboard HMS Sheffield. Picture: Ian Hargreaves (140619-6) Photo: The News archive