In 1988 , she saw service on Operation Armilla , in company with the frigates ( Returned to UK early with mechanical problems ) and . It was whilst on this deployment that the ship was visited by the then UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , who made a flying visit following her tour of India . The period also coincided with the end of the Iran-Iraq war and shooting down of the Iran Air Flight 655 by the Aegis missile cruiser on the morning of 4 July 1988
Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655
HMS Manchester (D95)