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I have heard conflicting reports about the hull of the Sheffield, and I am curious as to what weight the citation (reference number 3) carries. What is the evidence that the superstructure was steel? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.178.78.204 (talk) 17:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Type 42 was all steel construction, the Type 21 was the only RN ship to have an Aluminium superstructure. Justin talk 10:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also concerned by the bald statement that the ship was steel, since this appears to come from the US Aluminum Industry [determined to defend their profits] in a letter to the New York Times, which has repeated the story as outlined here, so I assume this is the source for the Wikipedia author. The NYT stands judged as publishing fale news on several occasions recently on different topics, so who knows its veracity back in the '80s in the face of a multi-billion dollar industry and its paid shills? I'm hoping Wikipedia isn't unwittingly one of those. Since no one has explained why Sheffield burned so fiercely, which steel ships don't normally do, and since it is a fact that aluminium melts at a much lower temperature to steel, then gives off gas, this seems the perfect scenario, and a logical explanation. We now have aluminium cladding on tower blocks in London as the burning issue, and the cladding in these cases was aluminium. Anyone believe in coincidence? Perhaps author should check this out properly with a materials physicist and a reliable source from the Defence Department, rather than the New York Times? PetePassword (talk) 17:18, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of an aluminium superstructure after a fire (USS Belknap):

http://nextnavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/USS_Belknap_collision_damage.jpg

HMS Sheffield after the fire:

http://c8.alamy.com/comp/G9R14J/falklands-war-hms-sheffield-G9R14J.jpg

The difference being Sheffield was all steel. Please can we put this nonsense to bed. WCM_email 11:56, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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