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.

The British destroyer HMS Sheffield was sent to help in retaking the Falklands from the Argentines in 1982, but during its mission it was exposed to more than submarine attacks. The sinking of the ...

HMS Sheffield sank six days after the attack, becoming the first Royal Navy ship to be lost in action since the Second World War. Survivors, the families of those lost and VIPs have gathered 40 ...