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1922: 850: 1618: 1610:, set sail at once, leaving behind one Australian cruiser and two destroyers that were short of fuel. 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. The Japanese were further north than he anticipated and his ships found nothing. His own ships were located at 09:35 on the following morning, 27 February, and were continuously tracked by the Japanese. 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. They claimed to have made two hits on the 550: 760: 1460: 33: 58: 1910: 4485: 4468: 4480: 4460: 1107: 1763: 1886:, already crippled by bombing from seaplanes and land-based air, and closed in to make a level bombing attack. No direct hits were scored, but several more near-misses hastened the abandonment and scuttling of the vessel, and she was finished off by gunfire with the late arrival of the two IJN cruisers 1563:
shortly before dark. The Japanese attacks were almost entirely ineffectual, with no ship reporting anything more than shrapnel damage. In return, allied anti-aircraft fire was moderately effective with most of the attacking bombers damaged by shrapnel. In addition, one G4M crashed while attempting to
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at the end of her propulsion machinery rooms were 3.5 inches (89 mm) thick. The top of the magazines were protected by 5.5 inches (140 mm) of armour and their ends were 4.375 inches (111 mm) thick. The lower deck over the machinery spaces and steering gear had a thickness of 1.5 inches
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s torpedoes forced him to turn away at 06:37 to evade them. Her second torpedo attack at 06:43 was also unsuccessful. In the meanwhile, Langsdorff had switched his main guns back to the heavy cruiser and scored several more hits. They knocked out 'A' turret, started a fire amidships that damaged the
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scored a direct hit on 'B' turret that knocked it out of action and shrapnel from the hit killed all of the bridge personnel except three. Bell, wounded in the face, transferred to the aft conning position to continue the battle. His ship was hit twice more shortly afterwards, but her powerplant was
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was able to reach a speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) before the first hit on her detonated in her 'A', or forward, boiler room and catastrophically knocked out all power around 11:20. Now defenseless as no guns could train or traverse, and wanting to save as many lives as he could, and
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primarily spent time on 'working up' exercises, however she also conducted several patrols in northern waters, one on which she stopped in Iceland to refuel. 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,
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At about 0800, the British ships spotted two of the Japanese cruisers, one of which launched its spotting floatplanes. Two others were seen closing in, and both launched their aircraft before opening fire at about 09:30. The Allied ships laid smoke and turned away to the east with the Japanese to
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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. Without it, the ship was unlikely to be able to reach Germany. Several days later, unable to be repaired and
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with flooding. After "Y" turret had temporarily been disabled, Bell said, "I'm going to ram the --------. It will be the end of us but it will sink him too". The turret was repaired and she remained in action until flooding disabled the machinery for "Y" turret at 07:30. At 11:07, Bell informed
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then departed for Calcutta on the 16th to cover a small two-ship convoy that left Calcutta for Rangoon (Burma) on the 26th and 27th. After the successful completion of that duty she was then tasked to escort another ship from Calcutta to Rangoon on 6 December. However, during that convoy, on 8
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Most of her crewmen survived the sinking and were rescued by the Japanese. About a quarter of them died during Japanese captivity. Her wreck was discovered in early 2007, and it was declared a war grave, but by 2016 her remains, along with other WWII wrecks, had been destroyed by illegal
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thus returned to Colombo the next day (11 December) and spent the next two months – until almost mid-February 1942 – escorting convoys (primarily from Bombay and Colombo) bound for Singapore – which fell to the Japanese on 15 February. During this time, in early 1942,
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began listing to port, and that list was said to be at "a considerable angle" by the time the abandonment was completed. 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
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was escorted by one Dutch and all three British destroyers in one group and the other cruisers and the American destroyers formed the other group. The Japanese did not initially press their pursuit as they manoeuvered to use their torpedoes against the crippled
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s veteran survivors, and one of the 2007 wreck discovery dive team representing the other three dive team members. Her wreck, a British war grave, had been destroyed by illegal salvagers by the time another expedition surveyed the site in 2016.
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was crippled early in the battle, and she did not play much of a role as she withdrew. Two days later, she attempted to escape approaching Japanese forces, but she was intercepted and sunk by Japanese ships at the beginning of March in the
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was still able to make good speed—18 knots—though four feet down by the bows, with a list of about eight degrees to starboard, and decks covered in fuel oil and water, making movement within the ship very difficult. She made for
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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. His replacement was Captain
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temporarily survived the initial melee, only to be sunk a couple of hours later. Japanese B5N Type-97s armed with one 250 kg (551 lb) and four 60 kg (132 lb) bombs assisted in the sinking of
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struck a rock in poor visibility and another Dutch destroyer was tasked to take off her crew. The Japanese spotted the Allied ships around 08:00 and repeatedly attacked them. The first was a group of seven
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were added to the roof of both 'B' and 'Y' turrets, but these weapons were never installed, because of shortages in production, and lighter tripod-mounted machine guns were substituted. The pole
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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). Harwood ordered Bell to head to the Falklands for repair.
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formed the other, splitting the fire of the German ship. They were only partially successful as the German ship concentrated her main armament of six 283-millimetre (11.1 in) guns on
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The Japanese began launching torpedoes beginning at 17:20 at ranges of 10,000 to 18,500 yards (9,100 to 16,900 m), but they all missed. For some reason, two Japanese destroyers,
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The repeated aerial attacks persuaded Doorman that further progress was unwise in the face of Japanese aerial supremacy and he ordered his ships to reverse course and head for
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with bombs around 10:30. The blast from a near miss badly damaged her Walrus, but the ship was only damaged by shrapnel. They were followed shortly afterwards by a group of 23
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then stayed on escort duty in the Indian Ocean (primarily off the coast of Africa) and the northern Arabian Sea (where she visited Bombay, India) until 13 October. On that day
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had her side plating extended to enclose her open main deck as far back as the fore funnel. During that same refit, her pair of fixed catapults were finally installed for her
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to assault the village of Fyzabad. The ship's marines were withdrawn on 5 July after the situation in Trinidad had stabilised, and the heavy cruiser departed immediately for
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was increased by one foot (30 cm) to compensate for increases in topweight, and her boiler uptakes were trunked backwards from the boiler rooms, allowing for straight
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on 21 February 2007. The wreck was found lying on its starboard side in Indonesian waters at a depth of about 200 feet (61 m), 90 miles (140 km) north-west of
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for emergency repairs which took until January 1940. There were rumours that she would remain in Stanley, becoming a rusting hulk, until the end of the war, but
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then bombed from high altitude. Seven more B5Ns attacked fruitlessly at 14:30; a half-dozen more followed an hour later. The final attack was made by 17
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The ship was hit by a total of seven 283 mm shells that killed 61 of her crew and wounded another 23. In return, the cruiser had hit
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that inflicted no damage as they dropped their bombs from high altitude. Another group of six B5Ns attacked without effect at 11:30.
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to practice raiding a hostile shore in June. The cruiser was scheduled to depart Bermuda on 21 June for a nine-month cruise, but the
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s return trip took her to both coasts of South America before arriving at Bermuda on 28 March 1938 together with the light cruiser
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signalled on 20 June for a cruiser to be sent to that colony due to riots that had broken out among strikers in the oil fields of
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out of line to avoid another torpedo and slowed, followed by all of the trailing cruisers. Moments later a torpedo fired from
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then spent several days in a graving dock and after undocking (on the 29th) conducted exercises off Colombo and visited the
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had been developed by Harwood in 1936 and specified that the British force act as two divisions. Following this procedure,
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At 06:30, Langsdorff switched his fire to the light cruisers, but only inflicted shrapnel damage on them before some of
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to avoid the ship's capture by the Japanese forces, Captain Gordon ordered the ship to be scuttled. As a result,
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The wreck was discovered and positively identified by a group of exploration divers specifically searching for
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decided to engage the British and closed at full speed. The British doctrine on how to engage ships like the
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as they had both been sunk earlier that day, but some of the survivors from these two ships were treated in
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shells and she returned fire two minutes later at a range of 18,700 yards (17,100 m). The German ship
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of the same calibre and a pair of octuple mounts for two-pounder "pom-poms" were added abreast her aft
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beginning at 16:03. All of these torpedoes failed to damage their targets, although one torpedo hit
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On 25 February, Helfrich ordered all available warships to join Doorman's Eastern Striking Force at
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forward of the superstructure and "Y" was aft of it. Defence against aircraft was provided by four
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was given a pair of fixed catapults angled out from amidships in a "V" shape, with the associated
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and then northwest towards Bangka Island. While passing through the strait, the Dutch destroyer
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and the Allied ships sorted themselves into separate groups as they attempted to disengage.
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in three twin-gun turrets, designated "A", "B", and "Y" from fore to aft. "A" and "B" were
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On 13 February Allied reconnaissance aircraft spotted Japanese invasion convoys north of
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South Africa (the beginning of which occurred at the very same time as the hunt for the
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was appointed to relieve Bell on 12 December 1940. Then, on 10 March 1941, the day that
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changed the course of the battle when one of her shells penetrated the British ship's
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and her design incorporated improvements in light of experience with the latter. Her
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not damaged and she remained seaworthy, although her aircraft had to be jettisoned.
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light AA guns ("pom-poms") in single mounts. The ships also fitted with two triple
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of 575 feet 1 inch (175.3 m), a beam of 58 feet (17.7 m) and a
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henceforth became attached to the East Indies Squadron (later redesignated as the
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on 18 July 1929 and completed on 27 July 1931. The ship was then assigned to the
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of 20 feet 3 inches (6.2 m) at deep load. She was powered by four
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to ensure adequate dispersal of the flue gases. As the eight-inch (203 mm)
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pulled out of line to counter-attack. Engaging at close range as they closed,
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arrived at Singapore during the afternoon of 10 December, too late to support
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and others "We ought not readily to accept the non-repair during the war of
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apparently confronted by powerful Royal Navy reinforcements (including HMS
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on the morning of 14 February. Escorted by six American and three Dutch
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ship's fire-control and navigation circuits, and caused a seven-degree
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The following day, after making temporary repairs and refuelling, the
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Upon return to Trincomalee (Ceylon) from the Maldives on 14 November,
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departed two days later, returning to Bermuda via St. Vincent, in the
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being tall to give a view over the intended aircraft), and was of a
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Aware of Doorman's movements, the Japanese commander, Rear Admiral
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placed to starboard. Consequently, the bridge was lowered (that of
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replaced the pair of two-pounder "pom-poms" originally installed.
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were protected by 3 inches (76 mm) of armour. The transverse
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during the late 1920s. Aside from a temporary deployment with the
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aft twin four-inch gun mount before detonating in the 'B' or aft
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later in the month as the Allies attempted to intercept several
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of 1935–1936, she spent the bulk of the 1930s assigned to the
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which was in Nassau at the time, was ordered to Trinidad and
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sets, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by eight
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After repairs were completed the ship spent most of 1941 on
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began in September 1939, the cruiser was assigned to patrol
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was ordered to urgently proceed to Singapore to reinforce
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was scuttled by her captain in the harbour of Montevideo.
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While under repair in 1940–1941 after her battle with the
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was generally assigned to escorting convoys to and from
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was slightly lighter than expected and displaced 8,390
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and failed to detonate at 16:35. Three minutes later,
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and three Dutch and one Australian light cruisers at
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On 2 July the marines of 941:(meeting and exercising with her sister and the 837:, one at each masthead. In addition, a Type 284 597:had proved not strong enough to accommodate the 484:escort duties before she was transferred to the 3719:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942 3385: 3366: 3280: 2659: 2657: 2655: 2653: 2651: 2649: 1956:performed a memorial service over the wreck of 1769:sinking after the Second Battle of the Java Sea 1567: 1497:, the force departed that afternoon. The Dutch 856:at the Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda, circa 1936 3330:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3311:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3289:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3169:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 3121: 3704: 3606: 3131:(Rev. ed.). 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Gordon HMS 2434: 2432: 2358:ADM 199/396, ADM 53/114252, ADM 53/114253 2259:"HMS Exeter at the Battle of River Plate" 2252: 2250: 1738:continued south to Surabaya, escorted by 1449:American-British-Dutch-Australian Command 1134:, with the addition of the heavy cruiser 816:20-millimetre (0.8 in) Oerlikon guns 781:. In 1934–1935, two quadruple mounts for 544: 510:American-British-Dutch-Australian Command 3326:Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1980). 3183: 2959: 2303: 1920: 1908: 1761: 1616: 1592:, escorted by three British destroyers, 1458: 1203:operated as a division on her own while 1105: 848: 833:had separate transmitting and receiving 758: 635:and 10,620 long tons (10,790 t) at 548: 19:For other ships with the same name, see 4565:World War II shipwrecks in the Java Sea 3620: 3457:Johns, W. E & Kelly, R. A. (1989). 3427: 3404: 2994: 2540: 2497: 2158:. London: HMS Exeter, Royal Navy. 1939. 1624:during the First Battle of the Java Sea 4532: 3344: 3303: 2899: 2784: 2750: 2748: 2429: 2256: 2247: 1130:. The division was transferred to the 711:two-pounder (40 mm (1.6 in)) 204:575 ft 1 in (175.3 m) ( 3692: 3594: 3479: 3257: 3191:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 2762: 2760: 2754:Shores, Cull & Izawa 1993, p. 306 2697:Shores, Cull & Izawa 1993, p. 239 2639: 2637: 2613:Shores, Cull & Izawa 1993, p. 238 2595:Shores, Cull & Izawa 1993, p. 233 2586:Shores, Cull & Izawa 1993, p. 124 2568:Shores, Cull & Izawa 1993, p. 123 2390: 2263:Naval Historical Society of Australia 2212: 2069: 2067: 2021: 2019: 2017: 1043:) cruise, which took her through the 977:Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth 467:that fought the German heavy cruiser 445:North America and West Indies Station 54: 3409:Sea Battles in Close-Up: World War 2 3287:Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War 3262:Sea Battles in Close Up: World War 2 3231: 3205: 3164: 2870: 2330: 1917:as it looked when discovered in 2007 1873:approximately fifteen minutes after 1466:under air attack on 15 February 1942 1114:during the Battle of the River Plate 16:York-class cruiser of the Royal Navy 3145: 2745: 2521: 1235:seaplanes. After eight salvos from 1227:the British cruiser with her third 1090: 224:20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) ( 13: 3678:List of cruisers of the Royal Navy 3450: 2757: 2634: 2213:Toase, Aidan (16 September 2005). 2064: 2014: 1330: 783:Vickers 0.5 in (12.7 mm) 724:The cruisers lacked a full-length 160:General characteristics (as built) 14: 4581: 3499: 3328:British Cruisers of World War Two 2028: 1993:Raven & Roberts, pp. 141, 414 1984:Raven & Roberts, pp. 139, 141 1586:and the Australian light cruiser 814:. Enclosures ("tubs") for single 675:which gave her a range of 10,000 667:) and gave a maximum speed of 32 589:rather than the raked funnels on 4570:Maritime incidents in March 1942 4483: 4478: 4466: 4458: 2960:Kosmidis, Pierre (August 2017). 2286:"Walter Napier Thomason Beckett" 1077:. The German sail training ship 754: 568:was ordered two years after her 375:: 3–5.5 in (76–140 mm) 56: 31: 3115: 3085: 3051: 3033: 3015: 2995:Copping, Jasper (17 May 2008). 2988: 2976: 2941: 2918: 2893: 2864: 2805: 2785:Cooper, Lt Cmdr George (1946). 2778: 2769: 2736: 2727: 2718: 2709: 2700: 2691: 2682: 2625: 2616: 2607: 2598: 2589: 2580: 2571: 2562: 2553: 2534: 2515: 2506: 2488: 2459: 2450: 2441: 2411: 2370: 2361: 2352: 2343: 2278: 2269: 2238: 2229: 2206: 2185: 2176: 2162: 2148: 2133: 2118: 2110:"Local Jottings (first item)". 2103: 2094: 2085: 2076: 1283:Although very heavily damaged, 1053:Royal Naval Dockyard, Esquimalt 912:America and West Indies Station 700:QF four-inch (102 mm) Mk V 557:at anchor with awnings rigged, 4545:Ships built in Plymouth, Devon 2055: 2046: 2037: 2005: 1996: 1987: 1978: 1933:, Tandjong Priok, 28 July 2008 1650:Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes 1188:during the following morning. 690:-class ships consisted of six 1: 3463:in the Java Sea in March 1942 3150:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 2930:: Tabular Record of Movement" 2817:: Tabular Record of Movement" 2541:Trueman, C.N. (19 May 2015). 2257:Atwill, Ron (30 March 1977). 1971: 1913:3D rendition of the wreck of 1904: 1758:Second Battle of the Java Sea 1752:Second Battle of the Java Sea 1335:Upon returning to the fleet, 531:Second Battle of the Java Sea 381:: 4.375 in (111 mm) 153:Second Battle of the Java Sea 3234:"Chapter 16: Defeat in ABDA" 3208:"Chapter 15: ABDA and ANZAC" 2871:Kehn, Donald M. Jr. (2017). 2419:"HMS Exeter: The Final Days" 2034:Raven & Roberts, p. 266. 1568:First Battle of the Java Sea 860: 506:invade the Dutch East Indies 310:8 in (203 mm) guns 7: 2938:See entry for 1 March 1942. 2688:Lacroix & Wells, p. 298 2456:ADM 53/114260 + ADM 199/408 2391:Mason, Geoffrey B. (2003). 2275:Raven & Roberts, p. 430 2025:Raven & Roberts, p. 414 1835:on the morning of 1 March. 1781:and the American destroyer 1294:First Lord of the Admiralty 1164:to rendezvous with his own 278:(59 km/h; 37 mph) 10: 4586: 1755: 1676:stuck the Dutch destroyer 1571: 1172:, while the heavy cruiser 1099: 983:left Bermuda on 6 May for 918:of 1935–1936, until 1939. 822:were replaced by stronger 357:: 1.5 in (38 mm) 40:underway off the coast of 18: 4560:Battle of the River Plate 4453: 4303: 3724: 3673: 3653: 3631: 3146:Cox, Geoffrey R. (2014). 2669:, Battle of the Java Sea" 2547:The History Learning Site 1147:. The ship, commanded by 1102:Battle of the River Plate 1096:Battle of the River Plate 800:High-Angle Control System 686:The main armament of the 585:further removed from the 475:Battle of the River Plate 473:, later that year in the 463:was one of three British 159: 49: 30: 3405:Stephen, Martin (1988). 3232:Gill, G. Hermon (1957). 3206:Gill, G. Hermon (1957). 3041:"HMS Kent Wreath Laying" 1811:, and by the destroyers 1742:and the Dutch destroyer 1540:"Nell" bombers from the 1455:The Gaspar Strait sortie 1381:arriving on 24 October. 657:Admiralty 3-drum boilers 417:was the second and last 369:: 1 in (25 mm) 363:: 1 in (25 mm) 351:: 3 in (76 mm) 332:21 in (533 mm) 240:Admiralty 3-drum boilers 216:58 ft (17.7 m) 3527:Fought Her Last Battle" 3390:. London: Grub Street. 3371:. London: Grub Street. 3125:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 2543:"The Fall of Singapore" 2524:"The Fall of Singapore" 2290:The Dreadnought Project 2170:H.M.S. EXETER 1936–1939 2156:H.M.S. EXETER 1936–1939 1929:veterans debarking HMS 1839:their north and south. 1559:"Betty" bombers of the 1342:German battleship  1027:and two-hundred police 845:Construction and career 841:was fitted to the DCT. 740:boiler and engine rooms 717:above-water mounts for 703:anti-aircraft (AA) guns 488:after the start of the 316:4 in (102 mm) 262:4 Ă— shafts; 4 Ă— geared 3854:Koning der Nederlanden 3465:. London: W.H. Allen. 3165:Dull, Paul S. (2007). 1934: 1918: 1770: 1625: 1574:Battle of the Java Sea 1483:Royal Netherlands Navy 1467: 1309:HM Dockyard, Devonport 1158:and the light cruiser 1132:South Atlantic Station 1115: 973:British Virgin Islands 857: 804:Director-Control Tower 767: 562: 545:Design and description 522:Imperial Japanese Navy 518:Battle of the Java Sea 455:waters against German 3480:Poole, S. L. (1970). 2962:"A dedication to HMS 2559:Gill, pp. 565, 571–72 2401:-class Heavy Cruiser" 2331:Helgason, GuĂ°mundur. 1924: 1912: 1765: 1620: 1462: 1347:. was taking place). 1176:was refitting in the 1168:off the mouth of the 1109: 1023:joined with those of 852: 766:at anchor, early 1941 762: 742:and the sides of the 719:21-inch (533 mm) 601:originally intended, 552: 3558:on 13 February 2020. 3281:Lacroix, Eric & 3258:Grove, Eric (1993). 3097:HistoryAnswers.co.uk 2900:Womack, Tom (2016). 2879:. pp. 414–415. 1001:Governor of Trinidad 897:Royal Naval Dockyard 893:8th Cruiser Squadron 878:2nd Cruiser Squadron 4540:York-class cruisers 4512: /  3532:The War Illustrated 3435:. London: Cassell. 3001:The Daily Telegraph 2802:See paragraph five. 2244:Stephens, pp. 21–27 2191:Stephen, pp. 16, 18 1118:At the outbreak of 1110:Damage received by 831:early-warning radar 433:Mediterranean Fleet 399:Aviation facilities 4432:Imperial Transport 3099:. 23 November 2016 2235:Stephen, pp. 20–23 2203:Stephen, pp. 18–19 2100:Whitley, pp. 94–95 1935: 1919: 1771: 1626: 1468: 1365:departed Aden for 1233:Supermarine Walrus 1116: 927:Cape Verde Islands 872:on 1 August 1928, 858: 839:fire-control radar 768: 639:. The ship had an 563: 524:invasion convoys. 404:aircraft catapults 325:2 pdr (40 mm) 103:Devonport Dockyard 4516:5.000°S 111.000°E 4495: 4494: 3686: 3685: 3511:: The Final Days" 3198:978-1-59114-078-8 3176:978-1-59114-219-5 3157:978-1-4728-1060-1 3138:978-1-86176-281-8 2947:Gill, pp. 623–624 2911:978-1-47666-293-0 2886:978-1-61234-820-9 2847:"HMS Exeter (68)" 2678:. 1 October 1945. 2604:Gill, pp. 607–608 2494:Gill, pp. 480–482 2333:"HMS Exeter (68)" 2182:Rohwer, pp. 6, 11 2142:The Royal Gazette 2127:The Royal Gazette 2112:The Royal Gazette 2052:Lenton, pp. 53–54 1297:Winston Churchill 1278:Admiral Graf Spee 1269:Admiral Graf Spee 1241:Admiral Graf Spee 1197:Admiral Graf Spee 1182:Admiral Graf Spee 916:Abyssinian crisis 901:Imperial fortress 796:Admiral Graf Spee 705:in single mounts 599:aircraft catapult 514:Dutch East Indies 470:Admiral Graf Spee 409: 408: 4577: 4527: 4526: 4524: 4523: 4522: 4517: 4513: 4510: 4509: 4508: 4505: 4487: 4482: 4470: 4462: 4446: 4435: 4425: 4414: 4404: 4388: 4378: 4368: 4352: 4342: 4324: 4296: 4280: 4270: 4254: 4237: 4214: 4189: 4172: 4169:British Prudence 4162: 4152: 4141: 4131: 4121: 4105: 4088: 4078: 4062: 4052: 4041: 4013: 3989: 3960: 3951:Pieter de Bitter 3943: 3933: 3922: 3891: 3890: 3804: 3803: 3713: 3706: 3699: 3690: 3689: 3615: 3608: 3601: 3592: 3591: 3587: 3571: 3559: 3554:. 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Index

HMS Exeter

Coco Solo
United Kingdom
Exeter
Devonport Dockyard
Plymouth
Pennant number
Second Battle of the Java Sea
York-class
heavy cruiser
long tons
t
standard
o/a
deep load
Admiralty 3-drum boilers
shp
kW
steam turbine
knots
nmi
8 in (203 mm) guns
4 in (102 mm)
AA guns
2 pdr (40 mm)
21 in (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
Waterline belt
Deck

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