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 (1936) 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