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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: HMS Sheffield (Was Re: USS IOWA)
Message-ID: <1990Jun29.025646.7209@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 29 Jun 90 02:56:46 GMT
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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)

In article <1990Jun28.025910.19410@cbnews.att.com> rollhaus@dtoa3.dt.navy.mil (Rollhauser) writes:
>	 Some fire pumps couldn't be operated, and there wasn't enough
>    pumping capacity remaining to fight the fire. Breathing apparatus ran
>    out of air. Eventually, fire spread near the magazines, and Sheffield
>    was abandoned. She was finally sunk by the Royal Navy.

The fire aboard the Sheffield was eventually controlled; the ship was
placed under tow with the intention of removing her from the war zone
so that further repairs could be conducted and the ship returned to
England for refit. However, the Sheffield and the towing vessel ran
into a storm; because of the loss of structural integrity as a result
of the missile and fire damage, the Sheffield broke up and sank. Had
the two ships not encountered storm seas, the Sheffield would have
been saved.


 Sean Malloy                                  |
 Navy Personnel Research & Development Center | "The morning was death
 San Diego, CA 92152-6800                     | with birdsong."
 malloy@nprdc.navy.mil                        | -- _The Wizardry Compiled_