It was not a sentiment shared by the Admiralty. After the loss of the mighty warship HMS Manchester, Captain Harold Peter Drew of Oswestry was court martialled and condemned, and would never again ...

HMS Manchester, a relatively new cruiser armed with 12 six-inch calibre guns, had been hit by a single torpedo fired by an Italian motor torpedo boat lurking in the dark at about 1.10am on August ...

HMS Manchester, a relatively new cruiser armed with 12 six-inch calibre guns, had been hit by a single torpedo fired by an Italian motor torpedo boat lurking in the dark at about 1.10am on August ...

HMS Manchester sails into port on a six day visit beginning 15 February aimed at raising the profile of the type 42 destroyer in Manchester. The main event is the ship's Freedom of the City parade ...

HMS Eagle, an air craft carrier got sunk and a cruiser HMS Manchester got hit and sunk. My job was at action stations starboard forward lookout trying to spot Germans using bioculars.

In November 1940, the Town-class light cruiser HMS Manchester was despatched to the Mediterranean to reinforce the fleet at Alexandria after Italy entered the war. News you can trust since 1877.