Sheffield waxay ahayd markab ka mid ah maraakiibta Arctic ilaa ay ku dhufatay miino ka baxsan Iceland 3dii Maarso 1942 waxayna ku jirtay dayactir illaa bishii Luulyo. Ka dib markii ay maraakiib badan oo Arctic ah, Sheffield waxay ku biireen ciidamada taageeraya soo degitaanka Allied ee Waqooyiga Afrika (Howlgalka Torch) bishii Nofeembar. Bishii Diseembar 1942, Sheffield iyo Jamaica waxay sameeyeen "Force R", oo hoos imaanaysay amarkii Rear-Admiral Robert Burnett (Sheffield), kaas oo daboolay Convoy JW 51B.
3da Maarso 1942