HMS Sheffield

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.

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D80
beam 14.3 metre, speed 30 knot, length 125 metre, draft 5.8 metre, draft 4.3 metre, 
Type 42 guided missile destroyer, shipwreck, guided missile destroyer, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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  ARA Hércules ⓘ
  1972 Hércules-class destroyer

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1975 HMS Sheffield

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Falklands War

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ship launching

1982-05-04T00:00:00Z

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shipwrecking

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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1982 Sinking of HMS Sheffield

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Frameless

Engelands modernste torpedobootjager in Amsterdam Hr Ms Scheffield (links) en, Bestanddeelnr 928-2696

Engelands modernste torpedobootjager in Amsterdam Hr Ms Scheffield (links) en, Bestanddeelnr 928-2695

HMS Sheffield at 1980 Navy Days

HMS Sheffield (D80) 5

HMS Sheffield (D80)

HMS Sheffield (D80) 3

HMS Sheffield (D80) 6

HMS Sheffield (D80) 4

HMS Sheffield (D80) 2

HMS Sheffield (D80) 1

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1982	Sinking of HMS Sheffield	United Kingdom, Argentina, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Historigraph page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		ARA Hércules	Hércules-class destroyer, guided missile destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1975	HMS Sheffield	shipwreck, guided missile destroyer, Type 42 guided missile destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Engelands modernste torpedobootjager in Amsterdam Hr Ms Scheffield (links) en, Bestanddeelnr 928-2696		Commons
commons	image		Engelands modernste torpedobootjager in Amsterdam Hr Ms Scheffield (links) en, Bestanddeelnr 928-2695		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield at 1980 Navy Days		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80) 5		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80) 3		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80) 6		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80) 4		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80) 2		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sheffield (D80) 1		Commons