The Second 
HMS Manchester Association
  
Special Feature
Ian Poulter's Gulf Tour!  (not THAT Ian Poulter!)
(Proof that he was awake sometimes!)
  
 Departing Portsmouth 1988
  
Battleship astern - entering the Suez Canal - March 1 1988
  
Guess who?  Guess where? 
(Check out the white legs!)
  
Handover Day
HMS Exeter (left)
In line astern - Beaver, Gloucester and Boxer
Friday 13th May 1988 Gulf of Oman
(unlucky for us!)
  
1988 off Dubai
Tom "Paddy" Clarke, Abi Hirji, Mick Mortimore (rear),
Front - "Grot Halsall", Mark Brazier, Tony Aimson, 
Steve MacMillan - Rear - Ian Poulter
  
Left to Right - Tom Clarke, Tony Aimson, Steve MacMillan, Ian Poulter, Andy Kemp, Mark Garratt, Mark Brazier, Mick Mortimore, Ian White Mike Clark, Abi Hirji
  
Gib - under the Admiral's nose!
  
Local Arab and local Wafoos!