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.

Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an ...

possibly fifth-in-class HMS Sheffield. Despite this, the Royal Navy is at an all-time low, with just eight frigates left in its major surface combatant force following sustained cuts by ...

The first steel was cut for HMS Sheffield in November. Minister of defence procurement, Maria Eagle, previously confirmed the project will be delayed from October 2027 to 2028 of the same month ...

Construction work on the Royal Navy's state-of-the-art anti-submarine warfare ship got underway today with a traditional steel-cutting ceremony in Glasgow. HMS Sheffield, which shares a name with ...

The firm said: "In 2024, BAE Systems’ operations in Scotland progressed work on the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, cutting steel on HMS Sheffield, launching HMS Cardiff into the water for the ...