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Latest revision as of 17:58, 1 April 2021

H.M.S. Manchester (1937)
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[1]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1936[2]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1937[3]
Completed: 4 Aug, 1938[4]
Sunk: 13 Aug, 1942[5]
H.M.S. Manchester was one of three Gloucester Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Packer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/7. f. 7.
  9. Packer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/7. f. 7.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Gloucester Class Light Cruiser
  Gloucester Liverpool Manchester  
<– Southampton Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Edinburgh Class –>