Chris Purcell, now chairman of the HMS Sheffield Association, was one of the survivors.

BBC: Sheffield & South Yorkshire

Thirty years after HMS Sheffield was hit by a missile in the Falklands conflict, a member of the ship's crew and a former local councillor recall the tragedy.

BBC: Sheffield & South Yorkshire

"It was like a floating village, " said the 54-year-old, who worked on HMS Sheffield, HMS Southampton, HMS Manchester and HMS Newcastle as a leading seaman and a petty officer.

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