D80 Sheffield (Type 42 Sheffield Class Batch 1)


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Laid down 15th January 1970
Launched 10th June 1971
Completed N/A
Commissioned 16th February 1975
Fate Sunk:
4th May 1982 off Falkland Islands
Builders Vickers, Barrow
United Kingdom
Complement 299
Dimensions
Displacement 3500 tons std
4100 tons max
Dimensions 410' 10" x 46' 9"
Draught 19'
Armament
Main guns 1 x Mk8 4.5"
Secondary guns 2 x 20mm Oerlikon
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons SAM:
2 x SeaDart (1 x 2)
Countermeasures Type 182 towed decoy
2 x Corvus decoy launchers
4 x Sea Gnat decoy launchers
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 1 x Westland Lynx
Flightdeck N/A
Hangar N/A
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar Type 965 air search
Type 996 search
Type 992Q
Type 909 fire control
Type 1006 navigation
Sonar Type 2050
Type 162
ECM N/A
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines COGOG
2 x Rolls Ryce Olympus TM3B gas turbines
2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines
Power output 56000shp Olympus
8500shp Tyne
Speed 18kts Tyne
29kts Olympus
Shafts 2
Range 4500NM @ 18kts
Fuel N/A

Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile launched by an Argentinian aircraft. The damage was such that she later sank, despite efforts to save her.

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