HMS Mercia was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy based in Smith Street, Coventry, in the United Kingdom. It functioned as a communications training centre.[1]
The ship was commissioned on 1 October 1984, and paid off on 29 July 1994, when the ship's company were moved to HMS Forward in nearby Birmingham.[1]: 111
When HMS Mercia was decommissioned, her ship's bell was presented to Coventry Cathedral
References edit
- ^ a b Warlow, Ben (2000). Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy. Maritime Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-907771-74-6.