HMS Manchester

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Manchester after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England.

• HMS Manchester was a hired store ship in 1814.
• HMS Manchester (15) was a Town-class cruiser launched in 1937 and lost in action in 1942.
• HMS Manchester (D95) was a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer launched in 1980. She participated in the 1991 Gulf War and was decommissioned on 17 February 2011.

Battle honours

• Norway 1940
• Spartivento 1940
• Malta 1942
• Arctic 1942
• Kuwait 1991

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.