Andy Stephenson, 18, found HMS Sheffield was suddenly diverted to the South Atlantic in 1982 It was April 1982, and the crew of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield was heading home after a six-month ...
After 26 years in the Royal Navy, Captain Paul Bootherstone, who has died of a heart attack aged 62, faced the supreme test of his career in the Falklands war of 1982. He won the Distinguished Service ...
He can still remember clearly the events of that day 40 years ago which sent a shockwave through the nation. The loss during the Falklands War of the Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield on May 4, 1982, ...
The Commander of the frigate which saved the crew of the doomed destroyer HMS Sheffield in the 1982 Falklands conflict, Captain Paul Bootherstone, has died of a heart attack, aged 62, only nine years ...