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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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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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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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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HMS Bronington was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1953. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of the last of the "wooden...
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Isle of Man Airport (redirect from RNAS Ronaldsway (HMS Urley))
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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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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Bernard Hill (category Male actors from Manchester)
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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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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Horatio Hornblower (redirect from HMS Crab (fictional Hornblower vessel))
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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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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Association Vancouver Island Branch Glenfarclas distillery URNU Manchester & Salford HMS Hibernia TS Duncan Sea Cadet Unit (Dundee) Northern Ireland District...
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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 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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HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda-class sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship afloat...
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Operation Pedestal (section 14–15 August)
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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HMS Alliance (P417/S67) is a Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine, laid down towards the end of the Second World War and completed...
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Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both aged 15 at the time of the murder in February 2023. They are sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to minimum terms of 22...
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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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Caroline Catz (category Actresses from Manchester)
and PC Cheryl Hutchins in The Vice. Catz was born on 19 October 1969 in Manchester to Bernard and Rosemary Caplan. She played opposite Michael Kitchen in...
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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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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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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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The Peel Group (section HMS Plymouth)
is a British infrastructure and property investment business, based in Manchester. In 2022, its Peel Land and Property estate extends to 13 million square...
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The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2014. "HMS President Dazzle Ship London". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015. Jones...
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54°36′47″N 5°54′10″W / 54.61306°N 5.90278°W / 54.61306; -5.90278 HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw...
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