Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield ... name of the City of Sheffield was a Type 42 missiles destroyer, commissioned on 16 February 1975, and as ...
UK Defence Minister ... a Type 42 destroyer, was lost during the Falklands War. The naming of HMS Sheffield, the fifth ship in the city-class of Type 26 frigates, came as Defence Secretary Gavin ...
Historically, the naval destroyer has ... BAE Systems -- is the Type 26 frigate. In April 2024, BAE Systems Naval Ships MD Sir Simon Lister described the model to the UK Defence Journal as ...