HMS Manchester (D95)

HMS Manchester, in 2008
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Manchester
Builder:	Vickers
Laid down:	19 May 1978
Launched:	24 November 1980
Commissioned:	16 December 1982
Decommissioned:	24 February 2011
Identification:	Pennant number D95
Motto:	("Dare to be wise")
Nickname(s):	Busy Bee
Fate:	Scrapped November 2014
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 42 destroyer
Displacement:	5,200 t (5,118 long tons)
Length:	141 m (462 ft 7 in)
Beam:	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	Combined gas or gas (COGOG) 2 × Olympus gas turbines (36 MW (48,000 hp)) for high power or 2 × Tyne gas turbines up to 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 2 shafts
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	287 (max. 312)
Armament:	Twin Sea Dart missile launcher (total of 40 missiles) 1 × 4.5 inch (113 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 2 × Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) NATO Seagnat and DLF3 decoy launchers
Aircraft carried:	1 × Lynx HMA8 armed with: 4 × anti-ship missiles 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes

HMS Manchester was a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer in the 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1978 at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1980, commissioned in 1982, and decommissioned on 24 February 2011.

Her nickname is the "Busy Bee", in reference to the Manchester bee symbol and the bee emblem is also depicted on the ship's crest.

Manchester was laid down on 19 May 1978, was launched on 24 November 1980 and commissioned on 16 December 1982.

Manchester was the first of the four Batch 3 Type 42 destroyers. In order to give better seakeeping and ease the cramped conditions on board, the ship's hull was lengthened by 42 feet (12.8 m) compared to the earlier Batch 1 and 2 ships, giving a length at the waterline of 434 feet (132.3 m) and an overall length of 463 feet (141.1 m). Beam was also increased by 2 feet (0.6 m) to 49 feet (14.9 m), while draught was 14 feet (4.2 m) at the ship's keel and 19 feet (5.8 m) to the ship's propellers.Displacement was 4,775 long tons (4,852 t) full load. The ship was powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines rated at 27,200 shaft horsepower (20,300 kW) each and two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines of 5,340 shaft horsepower (3,980 kW) in a COGOG arrangement, with a maximum speed of 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) when powered by the Olympus engines and a cruise speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) powered by the Tynes. Range was 4,750 nautical miles (8,800 km; 5,470 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

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