At approximately 1635 hours I was transiting Manchester en route to Leeds to join my brothers and sisters there. I was approaching the Leeds jump hole when I was approached by the [SIS]-HMS-Crumpets. I took no aggressive action and radio silence was maintained until I was struck by a cruise disruptor. I was then told that Leeds was off limits. After a couple of tense exchanges in which the ship dropped my shields. I warned him to desist or I would have to retaliate. He did so again. We engaged in ship to ship combat which, unfortunately, the battleship prevailed in.