HMS Manchester (D95)

	HMS Manchester, in 2008
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Manchester
Builder	Vickers
Laid down	19 May 1978
Launched	24 November 1980
Commissioned	16 December 1982
Decommissioned	24 February 2011
Identification	Pennant number D95; IMO number: 4907074;
Motto	Sapere aude; ("Dare to be wise");
Nickname(s)	Busy Bee
Fate	Scrapped November 2014
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 42 destroyer
Displacement	5,200 t (5,118 long tons)
Length	141 m (462 ft 7 in)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Combined gas or gas (COGOG); 2 × Olympus gas turbines 36 MW (48,000 hp) for high power or 2 × Tyne gas turbines up to 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph); 2 shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	287 (max. 312)
Armament	Twin Sea Dart missile launcher (total of 22 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;

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.

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