A computer-generated image of the new Type 26 frigate A new multi-million pound warship is to be named HMS Sheffield, more than 35 years after its namesake was hit by a missile in the Falklands War.

Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an event ...

It was an emotional reunion seen by millions after it was captured on the Daily Mirror’s front page. Royal Navy leading radio operator David Atkinson had caught sight of his wife Joy and young son ...

A survivor of the sinking of HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War has recalled the horrors he witnessed, ahead of a new memorial being unveiled. Brian Winterburn had joined the Royal Navy aged 19 ...

It is more than four decades since HMS Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile during the Falklands War. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the ...

Manufacture of the fifth UK City-class frigate has begun in Scotland. All eight vessels in the fleet will be built on Clydeside, historically a centre of British shipbuilding, with the work sustaining ...

Defence Minister Stuart Andrew said: “HMS Sheffield will be at the forefront of the Royal Navy for decades to come, providing cutting edge protection” The second HMS Sheffield, a Type 42 destroyer, ...

14:19, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Updated: 15:20, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Construction work on the Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art anti-submarine warfare ship got underway today with a traditional steel-cutting ...

At 11.04am on May 4 1982, pilots Augusto Bedacarratz and Armando Mayora each fired an Exocet missile from their Argentine navy jets during a seek and destroy mission off the Falkland Islands.

A new multi-million pound warship is to be named HMS Sheffield, more than 35 years after its namesake was hit by a missile in the Falklands War. The Type 26 frigate is one of eight anti-submarine ...

A computer-generated image of the new Type 26 frigate A new multi-million pound warship is to be named HMS Sheffield, more than 35 years after its namesake was hit by a missile in the Falklands War.