HMS Sheffield

Summary

HMS Sheffield is a guided missile destroyer^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of guided_missile_destroyer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,452 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• HMS Sheffield's image is recorded as HMS Sheffield (D80).jpg^[3].
• HMS Sheffield's instance of is recorded as guided missile destroyer^[4].
• HMS Sheffield's instance of is recorded as shipwreck^[5].
• HMS Sheffield's operator is recorded as Royal Navy^[6].
• HMS Sheffield's manufacturer is recorded as Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering^[7].
• HMS Sheffield's vessel class is recorded as Type 42 guided missile destroyer^[8].
• HMS Sheffield's Commons category is recorded as HMS Sheffield (D80)^[9].
• HMS Sheffield's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[10].
• HMS Sheffield's participated in conflict is recorded as Falklands War^[11].
• HMS Sheffield's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -53.066666666667, 'lon': -56.933333333333}^[12].
• HMS Sheffield's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02g6y6^[13].
• HMS Sheffield's service entry is recorded as +1975-02-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• HMS Sheffield's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning^[15].
• HMS Sheffield's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[16].
• HMS Sheffield's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[17].
• HMS Sheffield's significant event is recorded as shipwrecking^[18].
• HMS Sheffield's pennant number is recorded as D80^[19].
• HMS Sheffield's location of creation is recorded as Barrow-in-Furness^[20].
• HMS Sheffield's described by source is recorded as Historigraph^[21].
• HMS Sheffield's BBC Things ID is recorded as b431bb3e-0a7e-43aa-9046-218c41e4f80b^[22].
• HMS Sheffield's different from is recorded as HMS Sheffield^[23].
• HMS Sheffield's different from is recorded as HMS Sheffield^[24].
• HMS Sheffield's different from is recorded as HMS Sheffield^[25].
• HMS Sheffield's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+125'}^[26].
• HMS Sheffield's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14.3'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for HMS Sheffield include Type 42 guided missile destroyer^[28], a ship class^[29], founded in 1971^[30].

Why It Matters

HMS Sheffield ranks in the top 2% of guided_missile_destroyer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,452 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Type 42 guided missile destroyer^[28], a ship class^[29], founded in 1971^[30].