HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships. Unlike most Royal Navy ships of her time, her fittings were constructed from stainless steel instead of the more traditional brass. This was an attempt to reduce the amount of cleaning required on the part of the crew. Her nickname, the "Shiny Sheff", stemmed from this.
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Career:
Class and type:
Town-class light cruiser
Name:
HMS Sheffield
Builder:
Vickers Armstrong
Laid down:
31 January 1935
Launched:
23 July 1936
Commissioned:
25 August 1937
Identification:
Pennant number: C24
Fate:
Scrapped at Faslane, 1967
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General Characteristics:
Displacement:
9,100 tons standard
11,350 tons full load
Length:
558 ft (170 m)
Beam:
61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
Draught:
21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Propulsion:
Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines
Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
75,000 shp
Speed:
32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:
748
Sensors and
processing systems:
Type 79Y RADAR from August 1938[1]
Armament:
12 ? BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns [triple mounts]
8 ? 4" [double mounts]
4 ? 3 pdr., 8 x 2 pdr. [quadruple mounts]
Torpedo tubes: 6 ? 21".
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