HMS Sheffield (C24)
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HMS Sheffield (24) was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was part of Force H based in Gibraltar, and during that time she took part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941.
She later took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst off the north coast of Norway, in late 1943.
In June 1944, Sheffield was one of the escorts for a Royal Navy carrier force that executed Operation Tungsten, a Fleet Air Arm attack on the German battleship Tirpitz.
See HMS Sheffield for other ships of this name.
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| Town-class cruiser |
| Southampton sub class Birmingham | Glasgow | Newcastle | Sheffield | Southampton |
| Gloucester sub class Gloucester | Liverpool | Manchester |
| Edinburgh sub class Belfast | Edinburgh |
| List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
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