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| HMS Manchester | |
| Career | RN Ensign |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 5 July 1978 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | In service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,200 t |
| Length: | 141 m (462.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36 MW |
| 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 |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 |
| Motto: | |
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The current HMS Manchester (D95) is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer in 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
She was laid down in 1978 at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1982. In 1991, during the Gulf War, she participated in numerous operations in the Persian Gulf, aimed at primarily upholding the trade blockade imposed on Iraq during Saddam Hussain's invasion of Kuwait. She won the lineage its newest battle honour - Persian Gulf 1991.
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 pounds drug bust. Manchester is now docked at Portsmouth with other ships of the 5th Destroyer Squadron.
See HMS Manchester for other ships of the name.
Type 42 (Batch 3) Characteristics
- Armament:
- NATO Seagnat and DLF3 Decoy launchers
- Aircraft: Lynx Mk 8 helicopters:
- Armament
- Sea Skua anti-ship missiles
- Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes
- Mk 11 depth charges
- Machine guns
- Armament
| Type 42 destroyers | |
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 Royal Navy | |
 Argentine NavyHércules class | |
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