Sheffield akapinda muOperation Grog, kupfura kweGenoa, mumabasa kurwisa Vichy convoys uye kutsigira mhepo reinforcements kuMalta. Muna Chivabvu, Sheffield akatora chikamu mukunyura kweGerman battleship Bismarck, akapukunyuka zvishoma kubva pakurwiswa kwemuchadenga moto torpedo neanotakura ndege yeArk Royal's Fairey Swordfish; Makumi gumi nerimwe torpedoes akadonhedzwa uye chete akakanganisika Duplex anoputika uye akanaka kubata ngarava akamuponesa kubva kunjodzi. (Mune mushumo wekurwiswa, Admiral Sir John Tovey, anotungamira Home Fleet, akaudzwa chete kuti hapana ma hits akawanikwa paBismarck.
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