HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 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 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.

Class and type	Type 42 destroyer Batch 1
Displacement	4,820 tonnes
Length	125 m (410 ft 1 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	4 Rolls-Royce (2 Olympus TM3B and 2 Tyne) producing 36 MW COGOG (combined gas or gas) arrangement
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	21 officers and 249 ratings
Armament	2 × Sea Dart surface-to-air missile launcher 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun
Aircraft carried	Lynx HAS1

Build information:
Length: 125 blocks (126 Including railings)
Width: 15 blocks (17 including lifeboats)
Draft: 6 blocks
Total hight: 37 blocks