 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1941, akabatanidzwa muOperation Grog, kupfura kweGenoa, mumabasa anopesana nemakomoni eVichy uye kutsigira kusimbiswa kwemhepo kuMalta. Muna May, Sheffield yakatora rutivi mukunyura kwe, ichipukunyuka zvishoma kubva pakurwiswa nemoto we torpedo nevatakuri vendege Fairey Swordfish; Gumi nerimwe torpedo rakadonhedzwa uye chete zvigadziri zvisina kukwana zveDuplex uye kubata zvakanaka kwechikepe kwakaponesa kubva panjodzi. Mumushumo wokurwiswa, Admiral Sir John Tovey, aitungamirira Home Fleet, akaudzwa bedzi kuti hapana zvibodzwa zvakaitwa paBismarck. Mhinduro yavashandi veSheffield haisati yapinda muzvinyorwa zvepamutemo. Pana 12 June, akawana ndokunyudza imwe ye Bismarcks tanker, Friedrich Breme. Pashure pokuparadzwa mukuvamba kwaOctober 1941 kweimwe ngarava yokupa yeGermany, Kota Penang, yakabetserwa ne cruiser , Sheffield yakadzokera kuBritain. 