HMS Sheffield (D80)
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HMS Sheffield was a Type 42-class guided missile destroyer and the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. Commissioned on 16 February 1975 the Sheffield was part
HMS Sheffield
A view of Sheffield showing the exhaust deflectors on the ship's funnel
Argentine Navy Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard.
Exocet
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The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship cruise missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
HMS Sheffield (D80)
…1975 the Sheffield was part of the Task Force 317 sent to the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super Étendard aircraft on 4 May 1982 and foundered while under tow on 10 May 1982. The first of the…
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Exocet missile launch
Exocet impact
MM38 onboard German Navy Type 143A Gepard-class fast attack craft Nerz