HMS Exeter

HMS Exeter was the name of their five ships of the Royal Navy, named after the English town of Exeter.

• The first HMS Exeter was a ship third rank with 70 cannons. After 1691, she was, after an explosion in Plymouth, only used as the Hulk and 1717 scrapped.
• The second HMS Exeter was a ship 4 Ranges with 60 cannons. Built in 1697, rebuilt 1740-1744, she was in service until 1763.
• The third HMS Exeter was a three-master with 64 cannons was burned on 12 February 1784 after it had been classified as unseaworthy.
• The fourth HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser of the York class was put into service in 1929. He sank in 1942 in the Battle of the Java Sea.
• The fifth HMS Exeter was a destroyer of the Sheffield class, which was launched in 1979 and was decommissioned in 2009.

• Name of ship of the Royal Navy