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The refit was completed in May 1946 and ''Sheffield'' arrived at her new base, the [[Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda|Royal Naval Dockyard]] in the [[Imperial fortress]] colony of [[Bermuda]], on the 30 August, 1946, for duties as flagship on the [[North America and West Indies Station|America and West Indies Station]]. Her commanding officer, Captain K. G. Harkness, D.S.C., was also the Chief Staff Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir [[Irvine Glennie]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1946-08-29 |title=Sheffield Due At Bermuda Tomorrow: Flagship for C.C. Here; Has Notable War Record; BERMUDIAN IS AMONG OFFICERS IN CRUISE |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1946-08-31 |title=New Flagship Arrives at R.N. Station Here: Cruiser Sheffield Will Be Followed by H.M.S. Kenya |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda }}</ref> She departed Bermuda, and the station, on 26 October, 1948, for England, replaced as flagship on the America and West Indies Station by {{HMS|Glasgow |C21|6}}.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1948-10-26 |title=Sheffield Leaves Today: Visited By 175,000 During 5 "Showing The Flag" Cruises |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1948-10-26 |title=Farewell Dance For "Sheffield" Men |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |page=8 }}</ref> |
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The refit was completed in May 1946 and ''Sheffield'' arrived at her new base, the [[Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda|Royal Naval Dockyard]] in the [[Imperial fortress]] colony of [[Bermuda]], on the 30 August, 1946, for duties as flagship on the [[North America and West Indies Station|America and West Indies Station]]. Her commanding officer, Captain K. G. Harkness, D.S.C., was also the Chief Staff Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir [[Irvine Glennie]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1946-08-29 |title=SHEFFIELD DUE AT BERMUDA TOMORROW: Flagship for C.C. Here; Has Notable War Record; BERMUDIAN IS AMONG OFFICERS IN CRUISE |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |quote=H.M.S. Sheffield, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief American and West Indies Station, will arrive in Bermuda tomorrow morning.....There are 44 officers and 680 men aboard the cruiser. Among the officers aboard are Capt. K. G. Harkness, D.S.C, Royal Navy, who is to command and will also act as Chief Staff Officer to the Commander-in-Chief; Commander Viscount Garmoyle, R.N.; Commander (E) E. R. Humphry, R. N.; Surgeon Lieut. Commander R. T. May, R.N.; Commander (S) N. G. M. Holland, R.N., and Major E. A. Brown, Royal Marines.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1946-08-31 |title=NEW FLAGSHIP ARRIVES AT R.N. STATION HERE: Cruiser Sheffield Will Be Followed by H.M.S. Kenya |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |quote=Sheffield, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station cruised into her new base yesterday morning. Just off Admiralty House the ship, under the command of Flag Captain K. L. Harkness, D.S.C., R.N., fired a fifteen gun salute before arriving at H.M. Dockyard at 10 a.m....Interviewed aboard H.M.S. Sheffield shortly after the ship had pulled unassisted into her berth alongside Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1. Captain Harkness said that his ship would be in Bermuda until September 16. On that date the flagship, he said, would go around the new station for the first time on a cruise to the West Indies. The Sheffield will be taking her first cruise from Bermuda — as she arrived here — as a "private ship," for Vice-Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander-in-Chief of the American and West Indies Station,}}</ref> She departed Bermuda, and the station, on 26 October, 1948, for England, replaced as flagship on the America and West Indies Station by [[HMS Glasgow (C21)|HMS Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1948-10-26 |title=Sheffield Leaves Today: Visited By 175,000 During 5 "Showing The Flag" Cruises |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |page=1 |quote=H.M.S. Sheffield leaves Bermuda for England at 1.30 p.m. today and, when she reaches the United Kingdom, she will have voyaged 60,000 miles during her two-and-a-quarter years' commission on the America and West Indies Station.<br>Sheffield has carried out five "Showing the Flag" cruises and it is probably the first time that one of H.M. ships has covered both coasts of both the American continents from Vancouver to Montreal in the north to Punta Arenas, Chile, in the south. Qver 175,000 people visited the ship and more than 12,000 were entertained on board. In addition, over 2,000 children were entertained at tea parties. Fifty ports in all were visited by the Sheffield.<br>The first of the five "Showing the Flag" cruises was as a private ship, under the command of Captain K. L. Harkness, D.S.C, R.N., in September-October, 1946. It was in the nature of a "shake down" cruise and covered the chief British colonies in the Caribbean.<br>Sheffield's second cruise, this time as flagship of the Squadron under the command of Captain G. B. H. Fawkes, C.B.E., R.N., was a complete circuit of the South American continent and included a visit to the Falkland Islands. This was the first time that one of His Majesty's ships had been seen on the west coast of South America since before the war and Sheffield received a tremendous welcome. During her visit to Montevideo during this cruise there were the inauguration ceremonies of the late President Thomas Berreta and Sheffield's guard and band took part In the main parade through Montevideo<br>The summer cruise of 1947 consisted of visits to Halifax, Quebec and Montreal and the principal east coast ports of the United States including New York as well as a month in Newfoundland waters. At New York, Sheffield's contingent took part in the United Nations festival at Tarrytown.<br>The fourth cruise, which was to the West Indies and Northern States of South America, was interrupted while Sheffield was at Cartagena. Colombia, by the Guatemalan threat to invade British Honduras. This resulted in Sheffield spending three weeks at Belize, having landed her Royal Marine detachment and several platoons of seamen to safeguard the city until Army reinforcements from Jamaica could arrive. Luckily, the threat never materialised. Prior to this, while at La Guaira, Admiral Tennant and his Flag Captain attended the inauguration ceremonies at Caracas of Present Gallegos of Venezuela and Sheffield's contingent took a prominent part in the military parade at the capital. On the way back to Bermuda, Sheffield joined company with ships of the Royal Canadian Navy for combined exercises.<br>The fifth and final cruise, which has now ended, was to the principal ports on the west coasts of Canada and the United States and also included a week's Stay at Acapulco, Mexico, where Admiral Tennant and his Flag Captain and about 20 officers and 60 men paid a four-day visit to Mexico City as guests of the Mexican Navy and the British community.<br>Sheffield's stay on the Station was rounded off by her having to go to sea on Thursday, October 7th, to ride out the hurricane, which she did successfully.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1948-10-26 |title=FAREWELL DANCE FOR "SHEFFIELD" MEN |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |page=8 |quote=A "farewell dance" for men of H.M.S. Sheffield was held at the Bermuda Services Club on Saturday night, and at the same time men from H.M.S. Glasgow, which replaces Sheffield as flagship of the America and West Indies Squadron, were welcomed to the colony.<br>About 300 attended the dance including a number of U.S. Navy men. The club has received a framed photograph of Sheffield signed by Captain Fawkes, R. N., the commanding officer. }}</ref> |
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[[File:1948-06-10 HMS Sheffield at City of Hamilton in Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda for King's Birthday ceremony.jpg|thumb|left|HMS Sheffield at City of Hamilton, Bermuda for 10 June, 1948, King's Birthday ceremony.]] |
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On 12 October, 1951, ''Sheffield'' returned to Bermuda again as flagship of the America and West Indies Station, replacing [[HMS Superb]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1951-10-13 |title=H.M.S. Sheffield Arrives To Become New flagship |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |quote=With her Royal Marine Band playing martial airs on her afterdeck, the new flagship of the America and West Indies Squadron, H.M.S. Sheffield, berthed at the Dockyard about 6 yesterday.<br>The Sheffield and the present flagship, H.M.S. Superb, sailed into Grassy Bay together at 3.30 p.m. The Sheffield fired a 15-gun salute to the flag of the commander Vice-Admiral Sir R. V. Symonds-Tayler, and H.M.S. Snipe, which was acting as the flagship while the Superb was out meeting the Sheffield, fired a seven-gun salute in return.<br>The Superb sailed from here earlier this week and contacted the Sheffield several hundred miles north-east of Bermuda, and the two ships sailed together into Bermuda.<br>The Superb sailed directly into the Camber at the Dockyard yesterday and berthed in the space formerly occupied by the floating dock, while the 10,000-ton Sheffield anchored in Grassy Bay for a short time.<br>About 5 p.m. she began to manoeuvre into position and, assisted by the local tugs, the Justice and the Bermudian, she made her way into the slip stern first. The Sheffield maintained contact with her berthed sister ship by semaphore as she eased her way into the Camber, and as twilight settled light signals were brought into use.<br>As the Sheffield neared her berth a bugler sounded "Extend" and the crew broke out from their "Entering Harbour" stations and set to the task of making the 600-foot vessel fast astern of the of he Superb.<br>At approximately 6 p.m., the commander-in-chief's flag was transferred from H.M.S. Snipe back to the Superb, where it will remain until it is handed over to the new commander-in-chief, Vice - Admiral Sir William Andrewes, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., next week. Sir William is due to arrive on Monday in the Reina del Pacifico<br>The Sheffield, which was posted to Bermuda for a period of about two years a few years ago, carries a crew of 700 officers and men and is commanded by Captain Everard. }}</ref> From June 1952 to May 1953, her commanding officer was Capt. [[John Gilchrist Inglis|John Inglis]], who was to become director of [[Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)|Naval Intelligence]] in July 1954.<ref name=Career>{{cite web|title=Inglis, (Sir) John Gilchrist Thesiger|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersI.html |work=Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 |publisher=www.unithistories.com|access-date=16 July 2011|author=Houterman, Hans|author2=Koppes, Jeroen}}</ref> In 1953 she took part in the [[Fleet Review]] to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden</ref> On 18 October, 1954, she was replaced as flagship of the America and West Indies Station by HMS Superb, leaving Bermuda the same day to decommission at Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1954-10-19 |title=Queen's Colour Handed Over To New Flagship |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |quote=With the boom of a 15-gun salute to the-Commander-in-Chief (Vice-Admiral J. F. Stevens) the cruiser H.M.S. Sheffield, for about a year the flagship of the America and West Indies Squadron of the Royal Navy, left Bermuda yesterday for Portsmouth. There she will be de-commissioned, and probably despatched to another station on her new commission.<br>Replying to the salute came 11 booms from the guns of the new flagship, H.M.S. Superb. This was a naval tribute to the commander of the departing cruiser, Captain K. McN. Campbell-Walter, given on the order of the C.-in-C.<br>The farewell salutes followed a ceremony on the parade ground at Ireland Island in which the Queen's Colour was handed over from Sheffield to Superb.<br>Colour guards from the two ships — 150 men each with Royal Marine bands — entered the parade ground opposite Sheffield, docked to seaward of Superb. Superb's guard arrived first and when it was in position the band formed up behind. Some 10 minutes later came the guard and Royal Marines band from Sheffield, bearing the Queen's Colour.<br>The two guards facing one another, the C.-in-C. and his staff on a dais and the two ship's companies drawn up presented an impressive sight. About 50 yards separated the two Colour guards.<br>An officer from Superb, With two seamen guards and the chief gunner, stepped smartly forward and Sheffield's Colour party marched forward also, halting in front of the other party. The officer from Superb then took a pace forward and saluted the Queen's Colour, which he accepted from Sheffield's Colour-bearer.<br>After the hand-over both guards marched back to their ships.}}</ref> |
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On 12 October, 1951, ''Sheffield'' returned to Bermuda again as flagship of the America and West Indies Station, replacing {{HMS|Superb|25|6}}.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1951-10-13 |title=H.M.S. Sheffield Arrives To Become New flagship |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda }}</ref> From June 1952 to May 1953, her commanding officer was Capt. [[John Gilchrist Inglis|John Inglis]], who was to become director of [[Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)|Naval Intelligence]] in July 1954.<ref name=Career>{{cite web|title=Inglis, (Sir) John Gilchrist Thesiger|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersI.html |work=Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 |publisher=www.unithistories.com|access-date=16 July 2011|last1=Houterman |first1= Hans|last2=Koppes |first2= Jeroen}}</ref> In 1953 she took part in the [[Fleet Review]] to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden</ref> On 18 October, 1954, she was replaced as flagship of the America and West Indies Station by HMS Superb, leaving Bermuda the same day to decommission at Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=1954-10-19 |title=Queen's Colour Handed Over To New Flagship |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda}}</ref> |
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There were further refits in 1949/50,1954 and 1956-7 when her bridge was enclosed, a lattice foremast added, and a comprehensive anti nuclear and biological washdown installed in 1959–60. Her final light anti-aircraft outfit consisted of |
There were further refits in 1949/50,1954 and 1956-7 when her bridge was enclosed, a lattice foremast added, and a comprehensive anti nuclear and biological washdown installed in 1959–60. Her final light anti-aircraft outfit consisted of eight twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors]] Mk 5 and 2 single Bofors Mk 7.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Norman |title=British Cruisers |date=2010 |publisher=Seaforth |isbn=978-1-84832-078-9 |page=282 }}</ref> In 1955, she played the part of the cruiser {{HMS|Ajax|22|2}} in the war film ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]''. She went into reserve in January 1959, but as the refit of {{HMS|Swiftsure|08|6}} was stopped due to structural weakness and the Town cruisers considered far more comfortable and able to carry far more light AA, ''Sheffield'' was the final World War II cruiser to be refitted for possible use as a GFS monitor. She became flagship of the [[Reserve Fleet]] and served again at sea in 1960 and then as an accommodation ship until September 1964, when she was placed on the disposal list. She was widely considered as a historic and great British warship, justifying preservation and a cruiser which maintained far more the character and fit of a World War II cruiser compared with the more modified {{HMS|Belfast}}. However, by 1966, examination showed ''Sheffield'' had deteriorated too much in unmaintained reserve in Fareham Creek and could not be preserved. |
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Her equipment was removed at [[Rosyth]] in 1967 and she was then broken up at Faslane in the same year. The stainless steel ship's bell, which was made by Hadfield's of Sheffield, was preserved and today hangs in [[Sheffield Cathedral]] along with her battle ensign. |
Her equipment was removed at [[Rosyth]] in 1967 and she was then broken up at Faslane in the same year. The stainless steel ship's bell, which was made by Hadfield's of Sheffield, was preserved and today hangs in [[Sheffield Cathedral]] along with her battle ensign. |
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Sheffield underway in 1944
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Name | HMS Sheffield |
Namesake | Sheffield |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker |
Yard number | 5 |
Laid down | 31 January 1935 |
Launched | 23 July 1936 |
Commissioned | 25 August 1937 |
Identification | Pennant number: C24 |
Nickname(s) | Shiny Sheff |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Scrapped at Faslane, 1967 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Town-class light cruiser |
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Length | |
Beam | 62.25 ft (18.97 m) |
Draught | 17.0 ft (5.2 m) |
Installed power | 75,000 shp |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
Complement | 748 |
Sensors and processing systems | Type 79Y radar from August 1938[1] |
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HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships. Unlike most Royal Navy ships of her time, her fittings were constructed from stainless steel instead of the more traditional brass. This was an attempt to reduce the amount of cleaning required on the part of the crew. Her nickname, the "Shiny Sheff", stemmed from this. A prototype radar system was placed into service in August 1938 on the Sheffield. It was the first vessel in the Royal Navy to be so equipped.[2]
Building
Vickers-Armstrongs built Sheffield at High Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Her keel was laid on 31 January 1935, she was launched on 23 July 1936 and she was completed on 25 August 1937.[3]
War service
At the outbreak of war, Sheffield served with the 18th Cruiser Squadron, patrolling the Denmark Straits and then, in April 1940, she was engaged in the Norwegian Campaign. After a short spell carrying out anti-invasion duties in the English Channel, she joined Force H, based in Gibraltar. During that time, she operated in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic until the year's end, and took part in Operation White and the battle of Cape Spartivento.
In 1941, she participated in Operation Grog, the shelling of Genoa, in operations against Vichy convoys and supporting air reinforcements to Malta. In May, Sheffield took part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck, narrowly escaping a friendly fire torpedo attack by the aircraft carrier Ark Royal's Fairey Swordfish; eleven torpedoes were dropped and only defective Duplex exploders and fine ship handling saved her from disaster.[4] (In the report of the attack, Admiral Sir John Tovey, commanding Home Fleet, was told only no hits were scored on Bismarck.[5] The reaction of Sheffield's crew "has not made its way into the official records".)[6] On 12 June, she located and sank one of Bismarck's tankers, Friedrich Breme. After the destruction in early October 1941 of another German supply ship, Kota Penang, (aided by the cruiser Kenya), Sheffield returned to Britain.
She was occupied on Arctic convoys until hitting a mine off Iceland on 3 March 1942 and was under repair until July. After more Arctic convoys, Sheffield joined the forces supporting the Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch) in November. In December 1942, Sheffield and Jamaica formed "Force R", under the command of Rear-Admiral Robert Burnett (in Sheffield), which provided cover for Convoy JW 51B. The convoy was attacked by a strong German surface force. In the ensuing action (Battle of the Barents Sea), the Germans withdrew and Sheffield sank the German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt, while also damaging the cruiser Admiral Hipper, Eckoldt mistaking Sheffield for Hipper. During this engagement, the destroyer Achates and the minesweeper Bramble were sunk by gunfire of the two German vessels.
In February 1943, Sheffield moved to operate in the Bay of Biscay and, in July and August, she supported the landings at Salerno (Operation Avalanche). Returning yet again to the Arctic, she took part in the sinking of the battleship Scharnhorst off the north coast of Norway, in late December.
In 1944, Sheffield was an escort for the Royal Navy carrier force that executed a series of air attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz, between April and August. These had limited success and responsibility was passed to the Royal Air Force.
A lengthy refit in Boston and in Britain kept Sheffield out of action until after the end of the war.
Post-war
The refit was completed in May 1946 and Sheffield arrived at her new base, the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, on the 30 August, 1946, for duties as flagship on the America and West Indies Station. Her commanding officer, Captain K. G. Harkness, D.S.C., was also the Chief Staff Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie.[7][8] She departed Bermuda, and the station, on 26 October, 1948, for England, replaced as flagship on the America and West Indies Station by HMS Glasgow.[9][10]
On 12 October, 1951, Sheffield returned to Bermuda again as flagship of the America and West Indies Station, replacing HMS Superb.[11] From June 1952 to May 1953, her commanding officer was Capt. John Inglis, who was to become director of Naval Intelligence in July 1954.[12] In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[13] On 18 October, 1954, she was replaced as flagship of the America and West Indies Station by HMS Superb, leaving Bermuda the same day to decommission at Portsmouth.[14]
There were further refits in 1949/50,1954 and 1956-7 when her bridge was enclosed, a lattice foremast added, and a comprehensive anti nuclear and biological washdown installed in 1959–60. Her final light anti-aircraft outfit consisted of eight twin Bofors Mk 5 and 2 single Bofors Mk 7.[15] In 1955, she played the part of the cruiser Ajax in the war film The Battle of the River Plate. She went into reserve in January 1959, but as the refit of HMS Swiftsure was stopped due to structural weakness and the Town cruisers considered far more comfortable and able to carry far more light AA, Sheffield was the final World War II cruiser to be refitted for possible use as a GFS monitor. She became flagship of the Reserve Fleet and served again at sea in 1960 and then as an accommodation ship until September 1964, when she was placed on the disposal list. She was widely considered as a historic and great British warship, justifying preservation and a cruiser which maintained far more the character and fit of a World War II cruiser compared with the more modified HMS Belfast. However, by 1966, examination showed Sheffield had deteriorated too much in unmaintained reserve in Fareham Creek and could not be preserved.
Her equipment was removed at Rosyth in 1967 and she was then broken up at Faslane in the same year. The stainless steel ship's bell, which was made by Hadfield's of Sheffield, was preserved and today hangs in Sheffield Cathedral along with her battle ensign.
Citations
- ^ Macintyre, Donald, CAPT RN "Shipborne Radar" United States Naval Institute Proceedings September 1967 p.75
- ^ Coales, J. F., and J. D. S. Rawlinson; "The Development of Naval Radar 1935-1945", J. Naval Science, vol. 13, nos. 2-3, 1987.
- ^ "Sheffield". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Stephen, Martin. Sea Battles in Close-up (Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan, 1988), Volume 1, pp.89-90.
- ^ Stephen, p.91.
- ^ Stephen, p.89.
- ^ "Sheffield Due At Bermuda Tomorrow: Flagship for C.C. Here; Has Notable War Record; BERMUDIAN IS AMONG OFFICERS IN CRUISE". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 29 August 1946.
- ^ "New Flagship Arrives at R.N. Station Here: Cruiser Sheffield Will Be Followed by H.M.S. Kenya". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 31 August 1946.
- ^ "Sheffield Leaves Today: Visited By 175,000 During 5 "Showing The Flag" Cruises". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 26 October 1948. p. 1.
- ^ "Farewell Dance For "Sheffield" Men". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 26 October 1948. p. 8.
- ^ "H.M.S. Sheffield Arrives To Become New flagship". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 13 October 1951.
- ^ Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "Inglis, (Sir) John Gilchrist Thesiger". Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945. www.unithistories.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ^ "Queen's Colour Handed Over To New Flagship". The Royal Gazette. City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 19 October 1954.
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2010). British Cruisers. Seaforth. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-84832-078-9.
References
- Campbell, N.J.M. (1980). "Great Britain". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 2–85. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Friedman, Norman (2010). British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59114-078-8.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- McCart, Neil (2012). Town Class Cruisers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 978-1-904-45952-1.
- Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1980). British Cruisers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-922-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Waters, Conrad (2019). British Town Class Cruisers: Design, Development & Performance; Southampton & Belfast Classes. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-1885-3.
- Whitley, M. J. (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell. ISBN 1-86019-874-0.
External links
- HMS Sheffield Association Official Website at the Wayback Machine
- Sources for the study of HMS Sheffield Produced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives