HMS Mercia

HMS Mercia was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy based in Smith Street, Coventry, England. It functioned as a communications training centre.^[1]

The ship was commissioned on 1 October 1984, and paid off on 29 July 1994, when the ship's company were moved to HMS Forward in nearby Birmingham.^[1]: 111

When HMS Mercia was decommissioned, her ship's bell was presented to Coventry Cathedral.^{[citation needed]}