HMS Exeter

HMS Exeter

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Exeter" after the city of Exeter in Devon.

*HMS|Exeter|1680|6 was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1680. She was damaged in an explosion in 1691 and was hulked. She was broken up in 1717.
*HMS|Exeter|1697|6 was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt to carry 58 guns in 1744 and was broken up in 1763.
*HMS|Exeter|1763|6 was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1763. She was burned as unseaworthy in 1784.
*HMS|Exeter|68|6 was a "York" class heavy cruiser launched in 1929. She fought at the River Plate in 1939, and was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.
*HMS "Exeter" was to have been a frigate. She was ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957.
*HMS|Exeter|D89|6 is a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979. She served in the Falklands War and the Gulf War, and is currently in service.

Battle honours

* Sadras, 1782
* Providien, 1782
* Negapatam, 1782
* Trincomalee, 1782
* River Plate, 1939
* Malaya, 1942
* Sunda Strait, 1942
* Falklands, 1982
* Kuwait, 1991

External links

* [http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1642 "Exeter"'s Royal Navy website]


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