HMS Sheffield

HMS Sheffield

Three Royal Navy warships have been named HMS "Sheffield" after the city and county borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

*"Sheffield" (1936) - Town class light cruiser which saw service in World War II from the Arctic Circle and the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. She was one of the Royal Navy pursuit ships that chased down the Bismarck. She was broken up in 1967.
*"Sheffield" (D80) (1971) - Type 42 destroyer badly damaged by the Argentinians on 4 May 1982 during the Falklands War. Was being towed to South Georgia when she sank in heavy seas.
*"Sheffield" (F96) (1986) - Type 22 frigate sold to Chile in 2003 and renamed "Almirante Williams".

All three ships have carried many fixtures and fittings from Sheffield itself, including a great deal of stainless steel, leading to the nickname that has been applied to them all: the "Shiny Sheff".


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