HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Aside from a temporary deployment with the...
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Exeter after the city of Exeter in Devon. HMS Exeter (1680) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1680....
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"HMS Exeter (68) of the Royal Navy - British Heavy cruiser of the York class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 April 2021. "HMS Exeter...
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Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. "HMS Kent Wreath Laying". COFEPOW. "Heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (68)". World War II Database. Retrieved 6 April...
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Dutch destroyer HNLMS Evertsen was also destroyed. The heavy cruiser HMS Exeter—severely damaged in the first Battle of the Java Sea—had withdrawn to...
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27-28 February 1942 by heavy cruiser Haguro. British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (68), 1 March 1942 by destroyer Inazuma. Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth (D29)...
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from the British Government the help of two British cruisers HMS Ajax (22) and HMS Exeter (68) then visiting the city of Valparaíso to head south to investigate...
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and with gunfire scored primary credit for sinking the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, and was not damaged during the entire battle. After patrol duty, from...
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Sunk by Japanese aircraft HMS York (90) Crete 26 March 1941 Scuttled following Italian explosive boat raid HMS Exeter (68) Battle of the Java Sea 1 March...
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comprising the light cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Achilles (on loan to the New Zealand Division) and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter. Graf Spee had sailed into the...
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Norton: 21 October 2013. HMS Defender, RN: March 2014. See List of people from Exeter and Category:People from Exeter Devon portal Exeter (HM Prison) Henry Phillpotts...
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Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in EFL League One, the third level...
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Islands, thus depriving the force of their strongest unit. Without her, HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles engaged the German raider Admiral Graf Spee in the...
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York-class cruiser (section Exeter)
though in the end only two were constructed—HMS York, started in 1927, and HMS Exeter, started in 1928. Exeter differed in appearance from York because of...
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used to play the cruiser HMS Exeter in the film Battle of the River Plate, in company with her wartime partner HMS Sheffield as HMS Ajax. In 1956 the ship...
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HMS St Michael was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669. St Michael...
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Philip Payton (category Academics of the University of Exeter)
Cornwall. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. ISBN 978-0-85989-796-9. Paperback: ISBN 978-0-85989-795-2 Payton, P. (1983). The story of HMS Fisgard. Redruth:...
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were the Elizabeth (64 guns), HMS Lenox (74), HMS Grafton (68), HMS Weymouth (60), HMS America (60), HMS Panther (60) and HMS Falmouth (50), while there...
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Two of the attacking Skyhawks were shot down by Sea Darts fired by HMS Exeter, with HMS Avenger claiming to have shot down the missile with her 4.5" gun...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of HMS Sheffield)
attacking Skyhawks were shot down by Sea Dart missiles fired by HMS Exeter, with HMS Avenger claiming to have shot down the Exocet missile with her 4...
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the Iron Cross. She was sunk on 22 November 1941 by the British cruiser HMS Devonshire. Commerce raiders do not seek to engage warships, but rather attack...
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HMS Plantagenet was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1801 at Woolwich. She was designed by Sir William Rule...
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Battle of the Java Sea, Pope and HMS Encounter were directed to escort the severely damaged British cruiser HMS Exeter away from the action. HNLMS Witte...
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HMS Dorsetshire (pennant number 40) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the British Royal Navy, named after the English county, now usually known as Dorset...
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and moved in that position to the 60-gun ship of the line HMS Exeter on 2 July 1733. Exeter had recently been laid up at Plymouth Dockyard. Hill advanced...
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able to capture the French frigate Embuscade. He was given command of HMS Exeter in November 1746 and was sent to the East Indies to serve under Rear-Admiral...
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USS Pecos (AO-6) - lost HMS Prince of Wales - lost HMS Repulse - lost HMS Exeter - lost HMS Dragon HMS Danae HMS Durban HMS Emerald HMS Electra - lost HMS Encounter...
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the Titanic and Great Disasters of the Sea. Eekelers, Dirk; Lettens, Jan. "HMS Coronation (north part) [+1691]". wrecksite. Retrieved 15 May 2021. "Harwich...
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HMS Hawk was an 18-gun sloop-of-war, previously the French privateer Atalante, that HMS Plantagenet captured in 1803. The Royal Navy took Atalante into...
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light cruisers HMS Durban, Danae, Dragon and Mauritius, and the destroyers HMS Stronghold, Encounter and Jupiter. The heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, Dutch light...
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