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HMS Sheffield: First steel cut on new warship to bear Yorkshire's name

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:00:00 GMT

One of the ships to bear this name was tragically sunk in the Falklands War in May 1982, and a memorial backed by Sheffield benefactors was launched on its 40th anniversary. HMS Sheffield ...


Falklands, construction of a new HMS Sheffield, a state of the art Type 26 Frigate

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT

The last vessel to carry the name of the City of Sheffield was a Type 42 missiles destroyer, commissioned on 16 February 1975, and as part Task Force 317 sent was involved in the Falklands conflict.


Falklands War: HMS Sheffield memorial set to be unveiled

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:00:00 GMT

PA Media HMS Sheffield after the Exocet missile strike ... In total 255 British servicemen died in the Falklands War during the 74-day conflict Mark Webber, from Tinsley Bridge Group, an ...


Falklands' War 40th anniversary: HMS Sheffield veterans raising money for a memorial

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:00:00 GMT

Veterans of the former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield are looking to raise £15,000 in just a couple of months – in time to install a memorial on the 40th anniversary of her loss during the ...


History of the HMS Sheffield

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:01:00 GMT

The UK's Royal Navy announced the first steel has been cut for the future HMS Sheffield, the fifth of eight Type 26 frigates that will be built for the senior service. A steel-cutting ceremony was ...


Work begins on Royal Navy's £840 million anti-submarine warfare ship HMS Sheffield

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:53:00 GMT

Construction work on the Royal Navy's state-of-the-art anti-submarine warfare ship got underway today with a traditional steel-cutting ceremony in Glasgow. HMS Sheffield, which shares a name with ...