Survivors, the families of those lost and VIPs have gathered 40 years to the day since HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile during the Falklands War on 4th May 1982. They watched as a new ...

HMS Sheffield is the fifth vessel of her kind, and will be one of eight of the world's most advanced frigates. The last vessel to carry the name of the City of Sheffield was a Type 42 missiles ...

The UK’s Royal Navy announced the first steel has been cut for the future HMS Sheffield, the fifth of eight Type 26 frigates that will be built for the senior service. A steel-cutting ceremony was ...

HMS Sheffield today finally has a memorial – 40 years after it was struck by an Argentine missile which killed 20 crew. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited ...

It was an emotional reunion seen by millions after it was captured on the Daily Mirror’s front page. Royal Navy leading radio operator David Atkinson had caught sight of his wife Joy and young son ...

Manufacture of the fifth UK City-class frigate has begun in Scotland. All eight vessels in the fleet will be built on Clydeside, historically a centre of British shipbuilding, with the work sustaining ...

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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-month ...

May 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1494, on his second expedition to the New World, Columbus explored the Caribbean island of Jamaica. In 1886, four police officers were killed when a bomb was ...

Construction work on the Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art anti-submarine warfare ship got underway today with a traditional steel-cutting ceremony in Glasgow. HMS Sheffield, which shares a name with, ...

An award given to HMS Sheffield for its help in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 has been presented to the city of Sheffield. The Wilkinson Sword of Peace was presented by former Boy Seaman ...

A survivor of the sinking of HMS Sheffield has said he believes the time has come to stop trying to lay blame for the tragedy. Former crew member Chris Purcell, from Portsmouth, will join fellow ...