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    HMS Manchester was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s, one of three ships in the Gloucester subclass. Completed in 1938...
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  • name HMS Manchester after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England. HMS Manchester was a hired store ship in 1814. HMS Manchester (15) was...
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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...
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    submarines Shore defenses sank two destroyers, while one carrier, three cruisers, 15 destroyers and nine submarines were lost to accidents or unknown causes. German...
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    January 2009". German Federal Bureau for Maritime Casualty Investigation. 15 February 2010. Merlin, Alfred (1908). Bulletin de la société nationale des...
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    following the fall of France to the Germans, the BL 15-inch Mark I gun (arming HMS Hood, HMS Valiant and HMS Resolution) was responsible for the destruction...
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    The Manchester Arena bombing, or Manchester Arena attack, was an Islamic terrorist suicide bombing of the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, on 22...
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    HMS Bronington is a former Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, named HMS Humber between 1954 and 1958. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of...
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    Bernard Hill (category Alumni of the Manchester School of Theatre)
    the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013. "Tribute to Bernard Hill, Manchester School of Theatre alumnus". Manchester Metropolitan University...
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    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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    she was simply unable to locate E15. On 6 August, HMS Grampus landed 11th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment of the 11th (Northern) Division inside Suvla...
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    The Manchester Pusher is the name given to a hypothetical serial killer, or individual, alleged to be responsible for the deaths of a number of people...
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    HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
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  • the matter by forcing a duel with his tormentor. He is then transferred to HMS Indefatigable under Edward Pellew and distinguishes himself. He fends off...
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    Dec: C.H. Wheeler Unknown date: HMS Scorpion Other incidents 15 Jan: Vigilancia 11 Feb: Oakland 17 Apr: HMS Centurion, HMS Glory 2 Jun: Mataafa 27 Jul: Oakland...
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    HMS Amberley Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Amberley Castle near Arundel in West Sussex. Laid...
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    by a broadside from HMS Manchester and seriously damaged, although she was towed to port after the battle. The heavy cruiser HMS Berwick was hit at 12:22...
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    HMS Manchester, she joined Nelson and the convoy three days before the start of Operation Pedestal. On 31 July, Nelson, Rodney, HMS Victorious, HMS Argus...
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    the spirit materialization of a sailor told her HMS Barham had been sunk. Because the sinking of HMS Barham was revealed, in strict confidence, only to...
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    HMS Bolebroke HMS Border HMS Calpe HMS Eridge HMS Exmoor HMS Farndale HMS Grove HMS Hambledon HMS Heythrop HMS Hursley HMS Holderness Tribal-class destroyer HMS Somali...
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    distillery URNU Manchester & Salford HMS Hibernia TS Duncan Sea Cadet Unit (Dundee) Northern Ireland District, Sea Cadet Corps "Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan 'christened'...
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    of Bolton (/ˈboʊltən/ BOHL-tən) is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, named after its largest town, Bolton, but covering a larger...
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    radars and the Aster 15 and 30 missiles. Sixteen Type 23 frigates were delivered to the Royal Navy, with the final vessel, HMS St Albans, commissioned...
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    HMS Galatea, and twice in 1870. "Prince Alfred's Guard ceremony at newly-refurbished memorial". The Herald Online. Archived from the original on 15 November...
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    2008 in Nukuʻalofa. Birgitte is sponsor of two Royal Navy ships: HMS Gloucester and HMS Sandown. She is also the royal patron of the Bermuda Regiment. She...
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  • 2024. Philip, Ben (15 August 2024). "Lost wreck of WW1 ship HMS Hawke found in 'remarkable' condition". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2024. "Infected...
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    HMS Indomitable was a modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Originally planned to be the fourth of...
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    HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Built in 1915, she saw active service in the Mediterranean during the First World War and in Russia...
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    HMS Kent is a Type 23 Duke-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and the twelfth ship to bear the name, although formally she is named after the dukedom rather...
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    Commissioned as HMS Urley (Manx for Eagle) by the Admiralty on 21 June 1944, with accounts handled by HMS Valkyrie, flying recommenced on 15 July 1944. The...
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