abstract:HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships.
Thirty years after HMSSheffield was hit by a missile in the Falklands conflict, a member of the ship's crew and a former local councillor recall the tragedy.
"It was like a floating village, " said the 54-year-old, who worked on HMSSheffield, HMS Southampton, HMS Manchester and HMS Newcastle as a leading seaman and a petty officer.