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COGOG (Combined Gas Or Gas). 2 shafts. 2 Olympus gas turbines producing 36 MW for high power, or 2 Tyne gas turbines for speeds up to about 22 knots.
Speed:
30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:
Complement:
287 (max 312)
Armament:
Twin Sea Dart Missile launcher
114 mm (4.5 inch) Mk 8 gun
2 x 20 mm Close range guns
2 x Vulcan Phalanx close in weapons system (CIWS)
2 x Triple anti submarine torpedo tubes
NATO Seagnat and DLF3 Decoy Launchers
Manchester has recently been on a six-month deployment to the Caribbean, mainly on counter-drug operations and a display of security to Britain's Overseas Territories in the region. This deployment ended in December 2003 and culminated in a £19 million drug bust.
In 2004Manchester acted in the role of Fleet Ready Escort (FRE). In September Manchester sailed from Portsmouth to take part in Exercise Destiny Glory O4, a large NATO exercise in the Mediterranean, as part of an RN naval task force comprising of HMS Invincible, HMS Southampton and the Royal Fleet AuxiliaryFort George. During the deployment Manchester visited a number of ports in the Mediterranean.
In the autumn of 2005 HMS Manchester was deployed in the Mediterranean as part of a NATO taskforce. During the four month deployment she was employed in a counter terrorist role alongside other European and American ships.
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