It is more than four decades since HMS Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile during the Falklands War. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the ...

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 ...

More than 36 years since the HMS Sheffield was hit, killing 20 people, the Union Jack it proudly flew is set to be raised once again in the ship's spiritual home. Did you know with a Digital ...

14:19, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Updated: 15:20, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Construction work on the Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art anti-submarine warfare ship got underway today with a traditional steel-cutting ...

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.

THIRTY-SEVEN years ago an Argentine Exocet was launched at HMS Sheffield – leading to her become the first Royal Navy ship to be lost since the Second World War. Did you know with a Digital ...

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 ...

Eddie Whitaker was leading radio operator on the HMS Sheffield when it was sunk by enemy fire in 1982 during the Falklands War. A timely trip to the toilet may have saved his life... Eddie remembers ...

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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 ...

At 11.04am on May 4 1982, pilots Augusto Bedacarratz and Armando Mayora each fired an Exocet missile from their Argentine navy jets during a seek and destroy mission off the Falkland Islands.