Worse has been the fate of the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, which famously confronted the doomed Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate ‘The UK Government absolutely condemns the unauthorized ...
Almost 81 years ago to the day, a German naval officer by the name of captain Hans Langsdorff put on his uniform, wrapped himself in a German flag, and shot himself in the head. Just three days ...
HMS Exeter (D89) (seen on the 30p £1.66p) was the seventh Type 42 destroyer and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be called Exeter. Designed to provide area air defence to a group of ships, a ...
War grave HMS Exeter is being plundered for scrap metal and the bodies of sailors who drowned aboard her are being dumped in mass graves. Reports in Indonesian media say dredgers have been operating ...
A special service has been remembering the crew of HMS Exeter which sank in the Far East during the Second World War. Around fifty men were killed as the ship went down. But many more died at the ...
HMS Exeter, the last surviving operational Royal Navy warship which took part in the Falklands War, will retire from service on Wednesday. 27 May 2009 • 7:32am A decommissioning ceremony to mark the ...
Jakarta says it cannot be expected to have protected sunken second world war warships destroyed by illegal scavenging Indonesia has refused to take the blame for the disappearance of at least six ...
Hundreds of people turned out in Exeter today to watch the freedom of the city granted to the crew of one of the Royal Navy's newest ships HMS Defender. Its taken over the role of HMS Exeter and marks ...
One of the last Falkland-era ships still being used by the Royal Navy has been withdrawn from service ahead of schedule. HMS Exter used to shoot down jets in the Falkland War in 1982 Credit: Photo: ...
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