A total of 20 of David’s crewmates didn’t make it when HMS Sheffield became the first British warship lost in combat since the Second World War, while 26 sailors were injured. “I bawled my ...

Andy Stephenson, 18, found HMS Sheffield was suddenly diverted to the South Atlantic in 1982 It was April 1982, and the crew of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield was heading home after a six ...

HMS Sheffield represents not just a cutting-edge addition to our fleet, but also demonstrates our commitment to supporting thousands of skilled jobs and economic growth across Scotland and the ...

Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an ...

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 ...

A computer-generated image of the new Type 26 frigate A new multi-million pound warship is to be named HMS Sheffield, more than 35 years after its namesake was hit by a missile in the Falklands War.

A survivor of the sinking of HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War has recalled the horrors he witnessed, ahead of a new memorial being unveiled. Brian Winterburn had joined the Royal Navy aged ...

Work has begun on the fourth HMS Sheffield, as one of the most famous names in British maritime history prepares to write a new chapter. The first steel plates for the fifth of the Royal Navy’s ...

In 1982, an Argentine jet fighter sank the British destroyer HMS Sheffield during the Falkland Islands war. In 1990, a faulty electric chair shot flames around convicted killer Jesse Tafero's head ...