HMS Sheffield
A Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer became the first British ship to be sunk during the Falklands War. She was guarding the outer perimeter of the Task Force which made her vulnerable to attack. On May 4, Sheffield was detected by Argentine Super Etendard which launched its...
1971 HMS SHEFFIELD. Sheffield was the leader of a class of ten Type 42 guided-missile destroyers built in two batches over a ten-year period from 1970. She met a tragic end during the Falklands War in 1982.
SHEFFIELD CLASS
Planning for a new class of guided-missile destroyers for the Royal...
Petty Officer Dennis Lee Bebbington HMS Sheffield (The Shiny Sheff). WWII.
This picture was donated by a colleague of mine. He tells me that Dennis was involved in the convoys to Russia and of course he will also have been involved with Force H and the defence of Malta.
Royal Marines preparing to take their fallen comrade ashore at Seidisfiord, for burial. Marine Wint was the single fatality from the mine explosion.
Marine Wint (CH/X 100992) going ashore for his funeral 5th March 1942. Marine Wint was killed when HMS Sheffield struck a mine on the way to a...
Rear Admiral Bonham Carter and Captain Clarke going ashore at Seidisfiord for the funeral of Marine F W Wint
The funeral was on 5th March 1942. Marine Wint was killed when HMS Sheffield struck a mine on the way to a rendezvous with HMS King George V. The mine exploded on March 3rd 1942, at...
Comrades of Marine Wint (CH/X 100992) going ashore for his funeral 5th March 1942. Marine Wint was killed when HMS Sheffield struck a mine on the way to a rendezvous with HMS King George V. The mine exploded on March 3rd 1942, at 9.16pm, and left a 35ft long hole in the hull.
A sad end to a Walrus from HMS Sheffield. Piloted by Lieutenant John Groves on a search for a missing freighter (Highland Brigade)the Walrus came to grief during the recovery operation, and was destroyed by the Sheffield's pom pom crews just after the photograph was taken.
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