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HMS ''Sheffield'' was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. She was originally intended to be named ''Bruiser'' but was named ''Sheffield'' in honour of the previous , a Type 42 destroyer sunk in the Falklands War. Entering service in 1988, ''Sheffield'' served with the Royal Navy until 2002. In 2003, she was sold to the Armada de Chile and renamed ''Almirante Williams''. ==History== ''Sheffield'' was launched on 26 March 1986, by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, and named by Mrs Susan Stanley, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister. The ship was commissioned at Hull on 26 July 1988. Several crewmen of the previous ''Sheffield'' were at the launch. A specially minted Sheffield coin was placed in the keel at the keel-laying ceremony on 29 March 1984. In late 1998, ''Sheffield'' provided assistance after Hurricane Georges, visiting the island of St Kitts and also saved a Honduran woman who had been swept out to sea from her home by the force of Hurricane Mitch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Ocean'' returns from trials in the west indies. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir ''Tristram'' - finally home after hurricane relief operations. )〕 ''Sheffield'' attended the August Bank Holiday 28–30 August 1999 Navy Days at HMNB Devonport, berthed with , , , , , , , , and RFA ''Argus''. May 2000 saw ''Sheffield'' deployed on an eight week deployment into the Baltic Sea, which included a two week BALTOPS 2000 - France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, United States, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and the Netherlands all contributed ships to the exercise, which involved aspects of search and rescue as well as military joint exercises. ''Sheffield'' later visited Kiel, then Gdynia, the Twin city of Plymouth, with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth before visiting St. Petersburg in Russia. ''Sheffield'' visited Kotka in Finland before Klaipėda in Lithuania, as the first major British warship to visit the city. Whilst she was there she gave toys to an orphanage and redecorated a special school. ''Sheffield'' returned home on 26 July.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' returns from the Baltic sea. )〕 8 February 2001 saw ''Sheffield'', under Commander Simon Williams, deployed to the Caribbean for a six-month deployment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' bound for the Caribbean. )〕 ''Sheffield'' was deployed to assist the United States Coast Guard, Dutch, French and Venezuelan navies in anti-drug operations and exercises. There were visits to the USA as well as Barbados, Trinidad, Antigua, St Lucia, Curaçao and the Bahamas. ''Sheffield'' took part in Exercise Tradewinds, which promoted interoperability between coastguards and law enforcement agencies in the area. Other ships in the exercise included TTS ''Nelson'' (the former ) and RFA ''Gold Rover''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' deployment update. )〕 5 February 2002 saw ''Sheffield'' deployed to the Standing Naval Force Mediterranean to replace . The mission was anti-terrorism by monitoring merchant shipping. There were also visits to Turkey, Sicily, Crete, Spain and Algiers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' to take over role as NATO flagship. )〕 ''Sheffield'' was the flagship of Commodore Angus Somerville. Tuesday 26 February saw ''Sheffield'' assist the Spanish submarine SPS ''Siroco'', whilst participating in the exercise DOGFISH 2002. The submarine needed medicines for a sailor whilst in the Ionian Sea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' Lynx helps Spanish submarine. )〕 On 11 October 2002 ''Sheffield'' visited Kingston upon Hull one last time so that she could be visited by the people of her namesake city of Sheffield.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS Sheffield's farewell visit. )〕 ''Sheffield'' was decommissioned on 4 November 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Withdrawal from service of HMS ''Sheffield''. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' is decommissioned at Devonport. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS ''Sheffield'' is decommissioned. )〕 After 14 years service, which included providing humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua and Honduras after Hurricane Mitch (which earned her the Wilkinson Sword of Peace along with ), the Strategic Defence Review of 1998 (updated 2001) saw the end of her career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sheffield (F96)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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