Sheffield so na ndị agha na-akwado ndị Allied landings na North Africa (Operation Torch) na November. Na December 1942, Sheffield na Jamaica guzobere "Force R", n'okpuru iwu nke Rear-Admiral Robert Burnett (na Sheffield), nke nyere mkpuchi maka Convoy JW 51B. Ndị agha German siri ike wakporo ndị agha ahụ. Na ihe ndị na-esote (Battle of the Barents Sea), ndị Germany kwụsịrị na Sheffield meriri ndị German na-agba ụgbọ mmiri Friedrich Eckoldt, ebe ha na-emerụkwa ndị na-agba ụgbọ mmiri Admiral Hipper Eckoldt, na-emejọ Sheffield maka Hipper.
Machị 3, 1942