" GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 17 Feb 12 - 07:54 AM

HMS Sheffield."

Sorry Chris B - No cigar - HMS Sheffield was under tow and still afloat six days after the missiles struck.

It was a deliberate decision taken on assessment that led to the Royal Navy sinking the ship.

Much vaunted and over-hyped, no Exocet has never actually sunk a ship.

The ONLY surface to surface missile ever to have done that (and it took three of them) were SS-N-2 "Styx" missiles fired from two Russian Komar Class Missile Patrol Boats that sank the Israeli Destroyer EIlat on 21st October 1967.