HMS Sheffield (C24)

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Sheffield underway in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sheffield
Namesake	Sheffield
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Yard number	5
Laid down	31 January 1935
Launched	23 July 1936
Commissioned	25 August 1937
Identification	Pennant number: C24
Nickname(s)	Shiny Sheff
Honours and awards	Norway 1940 Spartivento 1940 Atlantic 1941-43 Bismarck Action 1941 Mediterranean 1941 Malta convoys 1941 Arctic 1941-43 North Africa 1942 Barents Sea 1942 Biscay 1943 Salerno 1943 North Cape 1943
Fate	Scrapped at Faslane, 1967
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General characteristics
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	9,100 tons standard 11,350 tons full load
Length	591.0 ft (180.1 m) overall 558.0 ft (170.1 m) p/p
Beam	62.25 ft (18.97 m)
Draught	17.0 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	75,000 shp
Propulsion	Four screws Parsons geared turbines Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	748
Sensors and processing systems	Type 79Y radar from August 1938[1]
Armament	12 × 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XXIII guns [triple mounts] 8 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) guns [double mounts] 4 × 3-pounder 8 x QF 2-pounder (40 mm) guns [quadruple mounts] Torpedo tubes: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm)

HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy. She was active in all major naval European theatres of the Second World War : in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Sheffield assisted in the sinking of both German battleships sunk at sea : in the Last battle of Bismarck she directed torpedo aircraft to Bismarck, and during the Battle of the North Cape she took part in the shadowing of Scharnhorst.