HMS Sheffield (D80)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Sheffield
- Type
- Destroyer
- Class
- Type 42 destroyer
- Pennant Number
- D80
- Launched
- 1971
- Built at
- Cammell Laird
- Commissioned
- 1975
- Armament
- Sea Dart missiles and guns
- Propulsion
- Gas turbines
- Role
- Destroyer
- Notable for
- Lost in the Falklands War
- Fate
- Sunk in 1982
- Status
- Lost
HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 destroyer whose loss in the Falklands War became one of the defining moments of the conflict.