HMS Sheffield
by Juan Carlos Pérez

1/700 HMS Sheffield (Revell Germany)

HMS Sheffield' (D80) was the second Royal Navy ship to bear the name Sheffield, after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. She was a Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer laid down by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering at Barrow-in-Furness on 15 January 1970, launched on 10 June 1971 and commissioned on 16 February 1975.

The ship was part of the Task Force sent to the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) during the Falklands War. She was struck by an anti-ship missile from a warplane belonging to the Argentine Navy on 4 May 1982 and finally foundered on the 10 May 1982.

• Displacement: 4,820 tn. Length: 125 m (410 ft). Beam: 14.3 m (47 ft). Draught: 5.8 m (19 ft).
• Armament: 2 x Sea Dart Surface-to-air missile launcher and 1 x 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun.
• Propulsion: 4 Rolls-Royce (2 Olympus TM3B and 2 Tyne) producing 36 MW COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas)
• Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
• Complement: 287
• Aircraft carried: Helicopter Westland Lynx HAS1

The kit of the mark Revell measures 17,7 cms. of length and is decorated by rails of Tom's Modelworks and decals.

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