HMS Manchester
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There have been three Royal Navy warships to bear the name HMS Manchester after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England.
- The first Manchester was a hired vessel used in the role of a stores ship.
- The second Manchester was a Town class 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.
[edit] Battle honours
Norway 1940,
Spartivento 1941,
Malta 1942,
Arctic 1942,
Persian Gulf 1991
