In the early afternoon another destroyer, Glasgow, intercepted three radar sweeps from an enemy aircraft. In Sheffield Salt had been summoned to speak on Satcom (satellite communications radio ...

The British destroyer HMS Sheffield was sent to help in retaking the Falklands from the Argentines in 1982, but during its mission it was exposed to more than submarine attacks.

In 1982, an Argentine jet fighter sank the British destroyer HMS Sheffield during the Falkland Islands war. In 1990, a faulty electric chair shot flames around convicted killer Jesse Tafero's head ...

the strike still heavily damaged the destroyer, which soon caught fire. Twenty sailors were killed in the attack, while the rest of the crew was safely evacuated. HMS Sheffield foundered while ...

Of the 300 sailors that manned the 4,100-tonne destroyer, 20 were killed and 26 ... “Internally the ship was burning fiercely. ... Sheffield’s fighting capability was totally and probably ...