HMS Sheffield (D80)
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. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super Étendard aircraft on 4 May 1982 and foundered while under tow on 10 May 1982.
HMS Sheffield | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Sheffield |
| Ordered | 14 November 1968 |
| Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd |
| Laid down | 15 January 1970 |
| Launched | 10 June 1971 |
| Sponsored by | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Commissioned | 16 February 1975 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D80 |
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| Nickname(s) | Shiny Sheff |
| Fate | Sunk on 10 May 1982 |
| Notes | Foundered under tow following Exocet missile attack and subsequent fire |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length | 125 m (410 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | 4 Rolls-Royce (2 Olympus TM3B and 2 Tyne) producing 36 MW COGOG (combined gas or gas) arrangement |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 21 officers and 249 ratings |
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| Aircraft carried | Lynx HAS1 |
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