May 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1494, on his second expedition to the New World, Columbus explored the Caribbean island of Jamaica. In 1886, four police officers were killed when a bomb was ...
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 British destroyer HMS Sheffield was sent to help in retaking the Falklands from the Argentines in 1982, but during its mission it was exposed to more than submarine attacks. The sinking of the ...
Smoke billows from the Type 42 destroyer HMS A Sheffield as fire rages through the warship after she was hit by an Argentinian missile May 4, 1982: HMS Sheffield was destroyed by Argentina 31 years ...
The officer in charge of a failed SAS mission into Argentina during the Falklands War has spoken of his anguish over the aborted raid. Captain Andy Legg led a team of eight men in Operation Plum Duff, ...
Several modernization programs are currently being run by the Royal Navy, but few of them are as high-profile as the one centered around the new Type 26 frigates. This one is so important, in fact, ...
Watch the THAAD system take down a Houthi missile in its first known real-world engagement and what would you sing when your ship sinks? Military Times © 2025 ...
It was over 40 years ago that a French-made fighter aircraft carrying a French-made anti-ship missile resulted in the greatest loss of a Royal Navy warship since the Second World ...
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