HMS Sheffield (D80)
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HMS Sheffield (D80) was a Royal Navy Type 42 guided-missile destroyer best known for being sunk by an Argentine Exocet missile during the Falklands War in 1982.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Sheffield (D80) canonical | 3 |
| HMS Sheffield | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
Type 42 destroyer ⓘ guided-missile destroyer ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
Lynx helicopter
ⓘ
surface form:
Westland Lynx helicopter
|
| armament |
4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun
ⓘ
Sea Dart surface-to-air missile system ⓘ anti-submarine torpedoes ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Argentine Navy
ⓘ
Super Étendard aircraft ⓘ |
| builder |
Barrow-in-Furness shipyard
ⓘ
Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
surface form:
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
|
| causeOfSinking | Argentine Exocet missile strike ⓘ |
| class |
Type 42 destroyer
ⓘ
surface form:
Sheffield-class (Type 42) destroyer
|
| commissioned | 16 February 1975 ⓘ |
| conflict | Falklands War ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | around 260 personnel ⓘ |
| dateOfAttack | 4 May 1982 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 10 May 1982 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1982 (loss in action) ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 4,100 tonnes (full load) ⓘ |
| fate | sunk and later scuttled in the South Atlantic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Type 45 destroyer ⓘ |
| hitBy |
Exocet anti-ship missile
ⓘ
surface form:
AM39 Exocet missile
|
| homePort | Portsmouth ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| IMOorPennantType | destroyer pennant number D80 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 15 January 1970 ⓘ |
| launched | 10 June 1971 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 125 metres ⓘ |
| locationOfAttack |
South Atlantic
ⓘ
surface form:
South Atlantic Ocean
|
| maximumSpeed | about 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sheffield
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Sheffield
|
| notableEvent | first Royal Navy ship sunk in action since World War II ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | D80 ⓘ |
| precededBy | County-class destroyer ⓘ |
| propulsion |
COGOG gas-turbine system
ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet ⓘ
surface form:
Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines
Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines ⓘ |
| role | air-defence destroyer ⓘ |
| serviceEntryDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| shipNumberInClass | lead ship of the Type 42 class ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
HMS Birmingham (D86)
ⓘ
HMS Newcastle (D87) ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Falklands War ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations | South Atlantic ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
AM39 Exocet
this entity surface form:
HMS Sheffield