HMS Sheffield Hit by Exocet Missile, 20 Sailors Killed, May 4, 1982
Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
Date: May 4, 1982
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