[1], Exeter was slightly lighter than expected and displaced 8,390 long tons (8,520 t) at standard load and 10,620 long tons (10,790 t) at deep load. HMS Exeter is portrayed fighting her last battle on 1st March 1942, after being trapped by Japanese forces in the Java Sea. The pole masts were replaced by stronger tripod masts because the Type 279 early-warning radar had separate transmitting and receiving aerials, one at each masthead. She was broken up in 1717. [69] The wreck was lying in Indonesian waters at a depth of about 200 feet (61 m), 90 miles (140 km) north-west of Bawean Island – some 60 miles (97 km) from the estimated sinking position given by Gordon after the war. [39] During this time, in early 1942, Exeter was attached to the newly formed ABDA Command,[28] (American-British-Dutch-Australian Command) which came into being in early January in Singapore, but soon shifted its headquarters to Java in the Dutch East Indies (present day Indonesia). Bell, wounded in the face, transferred to the aft conning position to continue the battle. The Corps of Drums HMS Nelson Volunteer Band. [30] On that day Exeter departed Aden for Colombo, British Ceylon) via Bombay, British India arriving on 24 October. HMS Exeter fought in the Falklands War … Defence against aircraft was provided by four QF four-inch (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft (AA) guns in single mounts amidships and a pair of two-pounder (40 mm (1.6 in)) light AA guns ("pom-poms") in single mounts. The transverse bulkheads at the end of her propulsion machinery rooms were 3.5 inches (89 mm) thick. Asagumo was damaged by Electra, but the Japanese ship sank the British destroyer at 17:46. They knocked out 'A' turret, started a fire amidships that damaged the ship's fire-control and navigation circuits, and caused a seven-degree list with flooding. HMS Exeter. HMS Cumberland was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw action during the Second World War. This month we take a look into Archive and Library item MSS/75/130/2 concerning Captain Frederick Secker Bell (1897-1973). The turbines developed a total of 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph). [8] In 1934–1935, two quadruple mounts for Vickers 0.5 in (12.7 mm) antiaircraft machineguns replaced the pair of two-pounder "pom-poms" originally installed. She was damaged in an explosion in 1691 and was hulked. [49] Three minutes later, Haguro changed the course of the battle when one of her shells penetrated the British ship's starboard aft twin four-inch gun mount before detonating in the 'B'[50] or aft boiler room,[51] knocking six of her boilers off-line[49] and killing 14 of her crew. HMS Exeter. Exeter arrived at Singapore during the afternoon of 10 December,[35] too late to support Repulse and Prince of Wales as they had both been sunk earlier that day,[36] but some of the survivors from these two ships were treated in Exeter's sick bay.[37]. Harwood ordered Bell to head to the Falklands for repair. Exeter was crippled early in the battle, and she did not play much of a role as she withdrew. The Standard is being dedicated on the same day and there is a large ceremonial parade and service in Exeter Cathedral to mark the occasion. During the Falklands War, Exeter was credited with shooting down 2 x A4 Skyhawks, 1 x Canberra and 1 x Photo reconnaissance Lear Jet. 1st Commission Certificates; 1st Commission Photographs; 1st Commission Concert Party ... Ted Wicks & John Garrard HMS Ajax & Basil Trott & Jim London HMS Exeter. Exeter was generally assigned to escorting convoys to and from Singapore during the Malayan Campaign, and she continued on those duties in early February 1942 as the Japanese prepared to invade the Dutch East Indies. The light cruisers and destroyers closed to ranges between 13,000 and 15,000 yards (12,000 and 14,000 m) and began firing Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes beginning at 16:03. HMS Exeter 1941. We have dedicated pages to the history of the ships, if you have any content to add, please let us know. [6], The main armament of the York-class ships consisted of six BL eight in (203 mm) Mk VIII guns in three twin-gun turrets, designated "A", "B", and "Y" from fore to aft. The third HMS Exeter was responsible for four Battle Honours in 1782 at Sadras, Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee. Our crew have joined up to have a Standard made with all of the Battle honours of both HMS Exeter’s. [17] After "Y" turret had temporarily been disabled, Bell said, "I'm going to ram the --------. [12], Exeter, the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[13] was laid down on 1 August 1928, launched on 18 July 1929 and completed on 27 July 1931. She was severely damaged during the battle, and she was in the shipyard for over a year. She was powered by four Parsons geared steam turbine sets, each driving one shaft, using provided by eight Admiralty 3-drum boilers. [68] Of these men, 152 died in Japanese captivity. They engaged Asagumo and Minegumo at close range as they closed. The fifth HMS Exeter was a Type 42 Destroyer. In the meanwhile, Langsdorff had switched his main guns back to the heavy cruiser and scored several more hits. AB. Tactically, the enemy appears to have made two serious mistakes: firstly, in closing the British Cruisers (apparently in the expectation that they would retire), thereby enabling the 8-inch guns of H.M.S. Churchill makes a speech to the heroes of the Battle of the River Plate. Consequently, the bridge was lowered (that of York being tall to give a view over the intended aircraft), and was of a streamlined, enclosed design that was incorporated into later cruisers. HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Following this procedure, Exeter operated as a division on her own while Achilles and Ajax formed the other, splitting the fire of the German ship. The New Zealand contingent joined British forces aboard the HMS Achilles, the HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax on the mission. This is an introduction to the first major sea battle of World War 2 using the highly readable and frankly thrilling London Gazette despatch, penned by Rear Admiral Harwood who was on the bridge of HMS Ajax throughout the action. Commissioned in September 1980, her first captain was Jeremy Dreyer, son of Lieutenant (later Admiral Sir Desmond) Dreyer, gunnery officer in HMS Ajax at the Battle of the River Plate. Doorman's repeated, unsuccessful, and ultimately fatal attempts to reach the transports concentrated the Japanese on the task of protecting the transports and allowed the damaged British cruiser to reach harbour. Sailors injured in the battle with the Graf Spee get a rest stop in Cape Town, South Africa. HMS Exeter was a York class heavy cruiser launched in 1929. Reported as missing. . Banthorp, Gordon J. His replacement was Captain Oliver Gordon. 5) HMS Exeter, 6th Battle Honour, Sunda Strait 1942 1 Arising from correspondence with the Chairman of the River Plate Veterans during 1980/81, the Admiralty Board has awarded the Battle Honour 'Sunda Strait 1942' to HMS Exeter commemorating her final action during the morning of1 March 1942. Exeter henceforth became attached to the East Indies Squadron[28] (later redesignated as the Far East Fleet). When World War II began in September 1939, the cruiser was assigned to patrol South American waters against German commerce raiders. Then, on 10 March 1941, the very day that Exeter was due to be recommissioned, Beckett died at Saltash Hospital from complications following exploratory surgery to repair poison gas injuries that he had received earlier in his career. The German ship straddled the British cruiser with her third salvo; shrapnel from the near misses killed the crew of the starboard torpedo tubes, started fires amidships and damaged both Supermarine Walrus seaplanes. [15] The two other ships arrived on 12 December, and then the Admiral Graf Spee spotted the Exeter during the following morning. Another group of six B5Ns attacked without effect at 11:30. Ayre, Thomas W. Steward. They were followed shortly afterwards by a group of 23 Mitsubishi G3M "Nell" bombers from the Genzan Air Group that inflicted no damage as they dropped their bombs from high altitude. REPORTED WOUNDED ON H.M.S. "A" and "B" were superfiring forward of the superstructure and "Y" was aft of it. [6], The cruisers lacked a full-length waterline armour belt. She was ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957. HMS Exeter (1680) was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1680. [53] Perth laid a smoke screen to protect Exeter[54] and the Allied ships sorted themselves into separate groups as they attempted to disengage. The final attack was made by 17 Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers of the Kanoya Air Group shortly before dark. The Exeter and the Australian light cruiser Perth, escorted by three British destroyers, Jupiter, Encounter, and Electra, set sail at once, leaving behind one Australian cruiser and two destroyers that were short of fuel. This action resulted in the scuttling of the Admiral Graf Spee several days later. [48] All of these torpedoes failed to damage their targets, although one torpedo hit Exeter and failed to detonate at 16:35. [16], Captain Hans Langsdorff decided to engage the British and closed at full speed. The bridge was rebuilt and enlarged to accommodate a second High-Angle Control System aft of the Director-Control Tower (DCT) on top of the bridge, her single four-inch AA guns were replaced with twin-gun mounts for Mark XVI guns of the same calibre and a pair of octuple mounts for two-pounder "pom-poms" were added abreast her aft superstructure. It will be the end of us but it will sink him too". HMS Exeter was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979. Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Exeter after the city of Exeter in Devon. [52] Moments later a torpedo fired from Haguro stuck the Dutch destroyer Kortenaer, breaking her in half and sinking her almost immediately. My father was a seaman on the HMS Exeter between 1937 and 1940. [59] Encounter and Pope were also lost; Encounter approximately fifteen minutes after Exeter, while Pope temporarily survived the initial melee, only to be sunk by several B5Ns a couple of hours later. Two years service. HMS Exeter's History & Battle Honours. HMS Exeter . Upon returning to the fleet, Exeter primarily spent time on ‘working up' exercises,[24] however she also conducted several patrols in northern waters, one on which she stopped in Iceland to refuel. Two others were seen closing in, and both launched their aircraft before opening fire at about 09:30. ABERCROMBIE, monitor, Dardanelles 1915/16. [56], The following day, after making temporary repairs and refuelling, the Exeter, escorted by Encounter and the American destroyer Pope, was ordered to steam to Colombo, via the Sunda Strait. "Exeter" in the outstandingly successful naval battle of three British cruisers against the German "pocket" battleship "Admiral Graf Spec," in which the "Exeter" played such a gallant part, is Petty Officer W. E. Green, of Florencia, Clovelly Road, Bideford, and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Headon, … Escorted by six American and three Dutch destroyers, the force departed that afternoon. 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She was ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957. In return, the cruiser had hit Admiral Graf Spee three times; one shell penetrated her main armour belt and narrowly missed detonating in one of her engine rooms, but the most important of these disabled her oil-purification equipment. Exeter was one of three British cruisers that fought the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, later that year in the Battle of the River Plate. … The ship had an overall length of 575 feet 1 inch (175.3 m), a beam of 58 feet (17.7 m)[2] and a draught of 17 feet (5.2 m) light load [3] and 20 feet 3 inches (6.2 m)[4] deep load. Meanwhile, the Exeter continued south to Surabaya, escorted by Encounter and the Dutch destroyer Witte de With. The Japanese did not initially press their pursuit as they manoeuvered to use their torpedoes against the crippled Exeter, which could only make 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph), and her escorts. His ship was hit twice more shortly afterwards, but her powerplant was not damaged and she remained seaworthy, although her aircraft had to be jettisoned. [58] Now defenseless[62] as no guns could train or traverse, and wanting to save as many lives as he could, and to avoid the ships 'capture' by the Japanese forces, Captain Gordon ordered the ship to be scuttled. Thus HMS EXETER, with her battle honours of River Plate 1939, Malaya 1942 and Sunda Strait 1942, is now only a memory with no final resting place. [18] The turret was repaired and she remained in action until flooding disabled the machinery for "Y" turret at 07:30. [70][71] Her wreck, a British war grave, had been destroyed by illegal salvagers when an expedition surveyed the site in 2016. Later that month, she was assigned to the Striking Force of the joint American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), and she took on a more active role in the defence of the Dutch East Indies. Doorman ordered a return to Surabaya at 10:30, and his ships were attacked by eight bombers from the Kanoya Air Group at 14:37. [65] Sensing a kill the Japanese destroyers closed in and fired torpedoes, two of which (out of a total of 18 fired by Japanese combatants) from the destroyer Inazuma,[66] hit the ship – starboard amidships, and starboard just forward of A Turret – (as confirmed when the wreck was first discovered in 2007)[67] As a result Exeter rapidly righted herself,[65] paused briefly, and then capsized to starboard. Honours have also been added from the London Gazette, together with the casualty lists compiled by Don Kindell. [22], The junior officers on board during the action included Rodney Sturdee, later a rear admiral.[23]. They claimed to have made two hits on the Jupiter, but actually they missed the British destroyer. HMS Exeter Home. The Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman, commanding the force, took his ships through the Gaspar Strait and then northwest towards Bangka Island. Casualties from the sinking during the Battle off Bawean Island. He was in service during the Battle of the Rio de la Plata (that is the way crew members of the HMS Exeter referred to what I see written in English as the River Plate, and sometimes erroneously as other names). The wrecks of EXETER and the destroyer ENCOUNTER have been almost totally removed. [58], The Japanese rescued 652 men of the crew of the Exeter, including her captain, who became prisoners of war. Guildhall Luncheon For River Plate Heroes. She was rebuilt to carry 58 guns in 1744 and was broken up in 1763. The culmination of this was her engagement in the Battle of the Java Sea later in the month as the Allies attempted to intercept several Imperial Japanese Navy invasion convoys. AHMS Exeter was planned as a Type 61 frigate. HMS Exeter (1763) was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1763. Her wreck was discovered in early 2007, and it was declared a war grave, but by 2016 her remains had been destroyed by illegal salvagers. [45] His own ships were located at 09:35 on the following morning, 27 February, and were continuously tracked by the Japanese. After her repairs were completed, the ship spent most of 1941 on convoy escort duties before she was transferred to the Far East after the start of the Pacific War in December. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->. SG 307 2p HMS ExeterIV 8 x 6 Light Cruiser. [25] On 22 May she departed from Britain (for the last time as it would turn out), escorting Convoy WS-8B to Aden (Yemen) via Freetown and Durban, South Africa[26] (the beginning of which occurred at the very same time as the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck. She served in the Falklands War and the Gulf War, and was in service until she was decommissioned on 27 May 2009. The Japanese were further north than he anticipated and his ships found nothing. When World War II began in September 1939, the cruiser was assigned to patrol South American waters against German commerce raiders. [11] She was repaired and modernised at HM Dockyard, Devonport between 14 February 1940 and 10 March 1941;[21] Captain W.N.T. [citation needed], The wreck was located and positively identified by a small group of dedicated exploration divers specifically searching for the wreck aboard MV Empress on 21 February 2007. At first they had been able to damage the German ship, but when it moored in Uruguay to review and repair its damage, the Germans spent four days in the port providing the Allies with an opportunity to continue the attack. Button. [5] The ship's complement was 628 officers and ratings. This is where the Type 42 destroyer, the other HMS Exeter, saw active duty. Battle Honours: River Plate 1939, Malaya 1942, Sunda Strait 1942 . HMS Exeter (1697) was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1697. Just as his leading ships were entering harbour, he received reports of enemy ships 90 miles (140 km) to the north and Doorman ordered his ships to turn about to intercept them. Langsdorff opened fire on Exeter at 06:18 with high-explosive shells and she returned fire two minutes later at a range of 18,700 yards (17,100 m). [57], At about 0800, the British ships spotted two of the Japanese cruisers, one of which launched its spotting floatplanes. At 11:07, Bell informed Harwood that Exeter had a single eight-inch and a four-inch gun available in local control, and that she could make 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Exeter was one of three British cruisers that fought the German pock… For some reason, two Japanese destroyers continued to close before firing their torpedoes at 6,500 yards (5,900 m) and Encounter and Electra pulled out of line to counter-attack. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. We have dedicated pages to the history of the ships, if you have any content to add, please let us know. [7] During that same refit, her pair of fixed catapults were finally installed for her Fairey IIIF floatplanes. Exeter and the 6-inch guns of Ajax and Achilles to come into action at once. HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. The ship could carry 1,900 long tons (1,930 t) of fuel oil which gave her a range of 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 km; 11,510 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). [47] His heavy cruisers opened fire at long range at 15:47 with little effect. Beckett was appointed to relieve Bell on 12 December 1940. Select Language. [6], In 1932 Exeter had her side plating extended to enclose her open main deck as far back as the fore funnel. 1929 – 1942. While passing through the strait, the Dutch destroyer Van Ghent struck a rock in poor visibility and another Dutch destroyer was tasked to take off her crew. Most of her crewmen survived the sinking and were rescued by the Japanese. Exeter then stayed on escort duty in the Indian Ocean (primarily off the coast of Africa)[29] and the northern Arabian Sea (where she visited Bombay, India) until 13 October. The blast from a near miss badly damaged her Walrus, but the ship was only damaged by shrapnel. Inside Out follows the ship's veterans on an emotional journey to … HONOURS AWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL SHIPS (including single ship actions) ABDIEL, destroyer leader, Jutland 31 May 1916. [44] After they had arrived the following day, Doorman's entire force of five cruisers and nine destroyers departed Surabaya at 18:30 to patrol off Eastern Java in hopes of intercepting the oncoming invasion convoy which had been spotted earlier that morning. She fought at the River Plate in 1939, and was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942. She was commissioned in 1980, under the command of Captain Jeremy Dreyer RN . Following that battle, HMS Exeter went onto further battles and met its demise at the hands of the Japanese on 1st March 1942, with the loss of 50 men. Aside from a temporary deployment with the Mediterranean Fleet during the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–36, she spent the bulk of the 1930s assigned to the Atlantic Fleet or the North America and West Indies Station. 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