HMS Sheffield (F96)
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Career | |
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Ordered: | |
Laid down: | 29 March 1984 |
Launched: | 26 March 1986 |
Commissioned: | 26 July 1988 |
Decommissioned: | 5 November 2002 |
Fate: | Sold to Chile on 4 September 2003 |
Struck: | |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 5,300 tons |
Length: | 148.1 m |
Beam: | 14.8 m |
Draught: | |
Propulsion: | |
Speed: | 33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint |
Range: | |
Complement: | 250 |
Armament: | 114 mm MK 8 gun |
Aircraft: | Lynx MK 8 helicopter |
Motto: |
HMS Sheffield (F96) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was originally intended to be named Bruiser but was named Sheffield in honour of the previous Sheffield (D80), a Type 42 destroyer sunk in the Falklands War. She was sold to Chile on 4 September 2003 and renamed Almirante Williams.
See HMS Sheffield for other ships of the same name.
Type 22 frigate |
Broadsword | Battleaxe | Brilliant | Brazen | Boxer | Beaver | Brave | London | Sheffield | Coventry | Cornwall | Cumberland | Campbeltown | Chatham |
List of frigates of the Royal Navy |