Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An shagaltar da shi a kan Arctic convoys har sai da ya buga wani mine a Iceland a ranar 3 ga Maris 1942 kuma yana cikin gyara har zuwa Yuli. Bayan karin jiragen ruwa na Arctic, Sheffield ya shiga cikin sojojin da ke tallafawa Allied landings a Arewacin Afrika (Operation Torch) a watan Nuwamba. A watan Disamba na 1942, Sheffield da Jamaica sun kafa "Force R", a karkashin umurnin Rear-Admiral Robert Burnett (a Sheffield), wanda ya ba da kariya ga Convoy JW 51B. An kai hari ga rundunar sojojin Jamus mai karfi. A cikin aikin da ya biyo baya (Yakin Tekun Barents), Jamusawa sun janye kuma Sheffield ya nutsar da jirgin ruwan Jamus Friedrich Eckoldt, yayin da kuma ya lalata jirgin Admiral Hipper, Eckoldt ya yi kuskuren Sheffield don Hipper. A lokacin wannan gwagwarmayar, jirgin ruwa mai suna Achates da kuma minesweeper Bramble sun nutse ta hanyar bindigogi na jiragen ruwa biyu na Jamus.  Tambaya: Yaushe aka mamaye Sheffield?
3 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 1942