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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Exeter'' after the city of Exeter in Devon. * was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1680. She was damaged in an explosion in 1691 and was hulked. She was broken up in 1717. * was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt to carry 58 guns in 1744 and was broken up in 1763. * was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1763. She was burned as unseaworthy in 1784. * was a heavy cruiser launched in 1929. She fought at the River Plate in 1939, and was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942. *HMS ''Exeter'' was planned as a Type 61 frigate. She was ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957. * was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979. She served in the Falklands War and the Gulf War, and was in service until she was decommissioned on 27 May 2009. ==Battle honours== * Sadras, 1782 * Providien, 1782 * Negapatam, 1782 * Trincomalee, 1782 * River Plate, 1939 * Malaya, 1942 * Sunda Strait, 1942 * Falklands, 1982 * Kuwait, 1991 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Exeter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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