Type 42 destroyer
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The Type 42 or Sheffield class was developed to provide the Royal Navy with a cost-effective, medium-sized guided-missile destroyer focused on fleet air defence. Conceived in the late 1960s after the
HMS Birmingham
ARA Hércules following her conversion
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
Type 42 destroyer
…addressed some of the class's limitations by lengthening the hull, improving radar and missile systems, and adding close-in weapon systems. Two vessels, HMS Sheffield (D80) and HMS Coventry (D118), were lost in the 1982 Falklands War, prompting further modifications including enhanced damage control measures, updated…
HMS Sheffield
A view of Sheffield showing the exhaust deflectors on the ship's funnel
Argentine Navy Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard.