Despite every effort to save her, by early evening Salt had to order his crew to abandon ship ... retain the loyalty of the survivors in the HMS Sheffield Association. He displayed some skill ...

Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an ...

HMS Sheffield, which shares a name with ... on May 4 1982 and foundered while under tow six days later. Of 281 crew, 20 died in the initial attack, with between 26 and 63 more injured - although ...