HMS Manchester

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There have been three warships to bear the name HMS Manchester in the Royal Navy from a small stores ship in the early 1800s to today's modern Type 42 destroyer. The current ship was named after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England, and retains close links with the city.

  • The first Manchester was a hired vessel used in the role of a stores ship. These relatively mundane duties are in complete contrast to those of the present Manchester.
  • The second Manchester was a light cruiser of 9,400 tons commissioned in 1938. She was sunk in 1942.
  • The third and current Manchester is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer commissioned in 1982. She participated in the 1991 Gulf War. In service as of 2006.

[edit] Battle honours

Norway 1940,
Spartivento 1941,
Malta 1942,
Arctic 1942,
Persian Gulf 1991

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