HMS "Manchester" was which class of fourteen light guided missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy, destroyer in the 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy?
HMS Manchester (D95) 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.
HMS Cheshire HMS "Cheshire" (F18), was a ship of the Royal Navy, named after the English county of Cheshire. Previously a cruise ship, she served as an armed merchant cruiser acting as convoy escort and troopship in World War II.