H.M.S. Exeter
68
1935
(Neptun 1130S)
- Class: Exeter - 1 cruiser of 1928
- Displacement: 8,390 tons
- Dimensions: 540 (pp) 575 (oa) x 58 x 17 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, SHP 80,000 = 32.25 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2-3in, deck 2in, turrets 1.5-2in, DCT 3in
- Armament: 6-8in (3x2), 4-4in AA (4x1), 2-2pdr AA (2x1) guns, 6-21in TT
(2x3); 2 aircraft
- Complement: 630
- Builder: Devonport Dockyard
- Laid Down: 1 Aug 1928
- Launched: 13 Jul 1929
- Completed: 23 Jul 1931
- Service: On completion, joined 2nd CS in Atlantic, 1931. America and West Indies Station 1934, Mediterranean 1935-36, then back to Americas until 1939. At start of WW2, joined Force 'G' off east coast of South America. Badly damaged at Battle of the River Plate, 13 Dec 1939, when she, HMS Ajax, and HMS Achilles intercepted German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Retired to Falkland Islands for temporary repairs, then to Devonport for full repairs until Mar 1941. Employed on ocean escort for
Atlantic convoys until Japanese hostilities. Sent to Dutch East Indies as part of ABDA command. Damaged at Battle of the Java Sea and retired to Soerabaya. Sunk by gunfire from Japanese cruisers Haguro and Nachi while attempting to reach the Sunda Straits, 28 Feb 1942.
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