HMS Sheffield

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Three Royal Navy warships have been named HMS Sheffield after the city and county borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Sheffield (1936) - Town class light cruiser which saw service in World War II from the Arctic Circle and the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. She was broken up in 1967.
Sheffield (D80) (1971) - Type 42 destroyer sunk by the Argentinians on 4 May 1982 during the Falklands War.
Sheffield (F96) (1986) - Type 22 frigate sold to Chile in 2003 and renamed Almirante Williams.

All three ships have carried many fixtures and fittings from Sheffield itself, including a great deal of stainless steel, leading to the nickname that has been applied to them all: the "Shiny Sheff".

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