BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

The amazing HMS Sheffield is struck

Author:
Mark Eyles-Thomas
PDProvGM West Kent, Member of Beauchamp Lodge No.1422
Date:
4 May 2022
Category:
HMS Sheffield

On this day forty years ago, the Class 42 Destroyer HMS Sheffield, part of the Falklands Task force, was attacked by two Argentine Super Etandard aircraft firing Exocet missiles. One of the missiles struck the ship in the galley area, causing the deaths of twenty members of the Ship’s company; twenty six others were injured. 

Captain Sam Salt eventually ordered the ship to be abandoned - it sank several days later whilst under tow. It is now a designated War Grave.

A picture of HMS Sheffield prior to be struck
Sheffield 1982
A picture of HMS Sheffield with damage visible
HMS Sheffield with visible damage

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