The last vessel to carry the name of the City of Sheffield was a Type 42 missiles destroyer, commissioned on 16 February 1975, and as part Task Force 317 sent was involved in the Falklands conflict.
More than 30 members of Unite, the trade union, have averted planned strikes on the Type 26 frigate project at BAE Systems Govan and Scotstoun shipyards. CBL Cable Contractors clinched a pay ...
All eight T26s will replace the dedicated submarine-hunting Type 23 frigates, while the general duty 23s will be retired in favor of the Type 31e class, still being designed. The 26s will carry ...