- HMS Exeter
Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Exeter" after the city ofExeter inDevon .*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-gunfourth-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" classheavy cruiser launched in 1929. She fought at the River Plate in 1939, and was sunk at theBattle of the Java Sea in 1942.
*HMS "Exeter" was to have been afrigate . She was ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957.
*HMS|Exeter|D89|6 is a Type 42destroyer , launched in 1979. She served in theFalklands War and theGulf 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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