HMS Sheffield as part of a Task Force was sent to the region and disputed Islands. And on May 4, 1982, two Argentine pilots fired Exocet missiles at the British vessel. The attack came days after ...

Survivors, the families of those lost and VIPs have gathered 40 years to the day since HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile during the Falklands War on 4th May 1982. They watched as a new ...

The HMS Sheffield which saw service in the Falklands was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer. She was struck and heavily damaged by an Exocet air-launched anti-ship missile from an Argentine Super ...

Super Étendards managed to attack the British missile destroyer HMS Sheffield with AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles. Although ...