HMS Sheffield

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.
Name: HMS Sheffield
Builder: Vickers Armstrong
Laid down: 31 January 1935
Launched: 23 July 1936
Commissioned: 25 August 1937
Identification: Pennant number: C24
Nickname(s): Shiny Sheff
Fate: Scrapped at Faslane, 1967
Class and type: Town-class light cruiser
Displacement:

• 9,100 tons standard
• 11,350 tons full load

Length: 558 ft (170 m)
Beam: 61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
Draught: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Propulsion:

• Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines
• Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
• 75,000 shp

Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement: 748
Sensors and
processing systems: Type 79Y radar from August 1938
Armament:

• 12 × 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XXIII guns [triple mounts]
• 8 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) guns [double mounts]
• 4 × 3-pounder
• 8 x QF 2-pounder (40 mm) guns [quadruple mounts]
• Torpedo tubes: 6 × 21-inch (533 mm)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(C24)