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Loss of HMS Sheffield

Name: Loss of HMS Sheffield – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Falklands War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1982Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1982

James Salt4 May 1982

South Atlantic · Warfare / Falklands War

HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet missile.

Sandy Woodward4 May 1982

South Atlantic · Warfare / Falklands War

Loses HMS Sheffield to Argentine air attack.

Names involved

James SaltSandy Woodward

Provenance

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