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HMS Sheffield WW2 - Taken by Leslie Scarborough 01 Jan 1990
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HMS Sheffield WW2 - Taken by Leslie Scarborough 01 Jan 1990
Reference WMO/175712
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- Second World War (1939-1945)
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(Plaque) H.M.S. SHEFFIELD WAS LAUNCHED BY H.R.H. PRINCESS MARINA, DUCHESS OF KENT/ ON 23RD JULY 1936. SHE WAS THE FIRST SHIP OF THE ROYAL NAVY/ TO BEAR THE NAME OF THE CITY WHOSE INDUSTRIES CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO HER BUILDING BY VICKER-ARMSTRONG AT NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. A CLOSE LINK EXISTED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SHIP. THE SHIP, A CRUISER OF THE 'SOUTHAMPTON' CLASS WITH A MAIN/ ARMAMENT OF TWELVE SIX INCH GUNS, WAS FIRST COMMISSIONED IN AUGUST 1937. HER BATTLE HONOURS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WERE: NORWAY 1940 SPARTIVENOT 1940 ATLANTIC 1941-3 'BISMARCK' 1941 MEDITERRANEAN 1941 MALTA CONVOYS 1941 ARCTIC 1941 - 3 NORTH AFRICA 1942 BARENTS SEA 1942 BISCAY 1943 SALERNO 1943 NORTH CAPE 1943 THE SILK WHITE ENSIGN AND THE UNION FLAG ABOVE WERE FLOWN ON/ CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS AND THE ENSIGN, WHICH WAS MADE AND PRESENTED BY THE LADIES OF SHEFFIELD, WAS FLOWN AT THE PEAK AS THE BATTLE ENSIGN WHENEVER THE SHIP WAS IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY./ WHEN THE SHIP FINALLY WENT OUT OF ACTIVE COMMISSION THESE FLAGS WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND WERE/RECEIVED BY THE PROVOST AT A CEREMONIAL SERVICE ON 23RD JUNE 1963 FOR SAFE KEEPING IN THIS CATHEDRAL CHURCH
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