HMS Exeter

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

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• The first Exeter was a 70-gun third-rate. Launched in 1680, she was involved in the battle of Beachy Head against France in 1690. However, the ship suffered damage from an explosion the next year and was hulked before being broken up in 1717.
• The second Exeter was a 60-gun fourth-rate. She was built in 1697 and survived until 1763, making her the longest serving ship to carry the name so far. She was involved in repeated actions against the French, in 1702 off Newfoundland, in 1705 when she captured the frigate Th?tis, in 1711 in the Mediterranean and at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in 1748 at the Siege of Pondicherry. Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley, subsequently an Admiral and an important figure in British Naval history, served briefly on this vessel.
• The third Exeter was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1763. She earned Battle Honours in 1782 at Sadras, Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee. She was burned as unseaworthy in 1784.
• The fourth Exeter was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1929. In World War II she fought at the River Plate and the Java Sea, where she was sunk by Japanese air attack.
• A cancelled Type 82 destroyer was to have borne the name Exeter.
• The fifth Exeter is a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979 and seeing service in the Falklands War in 1982. Like the city of Exeter, with which she maintains close links, the ship bears the motto Semper fidelis.
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Royal Navy: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the "senior service" of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. From approximately 1692 until World War II, the Royal Navy was the largest and most powerful navy in the world. The navy helped establish the United Kingdom as the domi...

Exeter: The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at . In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. The city's motto, Semper fidelis, was suggested by Elizabeth I....

Devon: Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. The name Devonshire was once common but is now rarely used, although it does feature in some names and titles (such as the Duke of Devonshire), and is still to be seen on signposts in the co...




HMS Exeter related Images and Photos (experimental)

HMS Artemis	Hms Victory	Steampunk HMS Gown	HMS Trusty in English Harbor
Reading the Exeter Gazette 1838	Hms Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar	Steampunk HMS Short Jacket with Sleeves	Two Leopards Playing in the Exeter Change Menagerie c.1808
The Sinking of Hms Dasher	Portsmouth Harbour: HMS 'Victory' among the Hulks 1892	The London to Exeter Royal Mail Passing Through Salisbury 1895	Two Leopards Lying in the Exeter Exchange 1808