Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Akanga akabatikana paArctic convoys kusvikira achirova mine off Iceland musi wa 3 March 1942 uye akanga ari pasi pekugadziriswa kusvikira muna July. Mushure mokunge mamwe maArctic convoys, Sheffield akabatana nemauto achitsigira maAllied landings muNorth Africa (Operation Torch) munaNovember. Muna Zvita 1942, Sheffield neJamaica vakaumba "Force R", pasi pekutungamira kwaRear-Admiral Robert Burnett (muSheffield), iyo yakapa chifukidziro cheConvoy JW 51B. Ngarava yacho yakarwiswa neuto reGermany rakasimba raiva pamusoro pemvura. Muchiitiko chakatevera (Hondo yeGungwa reBarents), maGerman akadzokera kumashure uye Sheffield akanyudza muparadzi wechiGerman Friedrich Eckoldt, uku achikuvadzawo cruiser Admiral Hipper, Eckoldt achifunga Sheffield saHipper. Mukati mokurwisana uku, ngarava yainzi Achates neyainzi Bramble dzakanyudzwa nepfuti dzengarava mbiri dzeGermany.  Mubvunzo: Sheffield yakatorwa rini?
3 March 1942