- World War Two
- Royal Navy
- 2nd York-class heavy cruiser (total of 2)
- Commissioned: 27 July 1931
- Battle of the River Plate [13 Dec 1939] - HMS Exeter was one of three British cruisers that fought the German pocket battleship, Admiral Graf Spee. She was severely damaged.
- Malayan Campaign & Dutch East Indies campaign in 1942
- [1 Mar 1942] HMS Exeter was sunk by Japanese ships during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.
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