| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Gloucester |
| Pennant | 15 |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 28 Mar, 1936 |
| Launched | 12 Apr, 1937 |
| Commissioned | 4 Aug, 1938 |
| Lost | 13 Aug, 1942 |
| Loss position | 36.50N, 11.10E (See a map) |
| History | HMS Manchester (Capt. Harold Drew, DSC, RN) was sunk in the Central Mediterranean near Cape Bon, Tunisia, 4 nautical miles east Kelibia in position 36º50'N, 11º10'E, by 1 torpedo from Italian Motor Torpedo Boats Ms 16 or Ms 22.
Commanding Officers: Capt. Herbert Annesley Packer, RN Capt. Harold Drew, DSC, RN |
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