WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS MANCHESTER RENDERING HONOURS TO THE USS HARRY S TRUMAN

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

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