HMS Exeter responded two minutes later at 6.20am, HMSAchilles at 6.21am, and HMS Ajax at 6.23am. HMS Electra*: Sunk in the same action as HMS Exeter, with the loss of 119 lives. to, Background Casualties Homepage. Exeter were killed by splinters ricocheting under the side of the bridge roof. HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. HMS Exeter had a ships mascot, a cat named Scouse. 1939, Merchant [2] In 1981 London, fired the last Mk 1 Sea Slug missiles to allow Exeter's new radars to fully integrate and align the far superior Sea Dart missile against, high and low missile targets. MOORHEAD, Louis, Air Mechanic (E), JX 145121, killed. HMS Exeter*: Sunk by the Japanese Navy in the 2nd Battle of the Java Sea with the loss of 40 lives. … More Exeter's Bombing Casualties. 4200Mn at optimal speed, COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) configuration, 2 shafts, 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B Gas Turbines (25000shp each) and 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C Gas Turbines (5340bhp each) producing 36 MW (48,000 hp), This page was last edited on 23 November 2020, at 03:02. Shipping War, 13th, St Andrew's Chapel. Hallett, Shipping Ajax Crew & Casualties together with Exeter & Achilles River Plate crew list. "EXETER" under my command on the latter date. Gary - I am trying to find information on the sinking of the Exeter on May 1st '42 at Sunda strait,and the following internment of the survivors,on the Celebes island. HMS Exeter is attacked during the Battle of the River Plate. - 31st DECEMBER 1939 -, on Further information regarding their memorials or graves can be searched on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site HERE. Ainsworth, Thomas. All the survivors (approx 600) were taken to Makassar with a short stop in Banjermassen (South Borneo) Shortly thereafter the Senior officers were sent to Japan (Zentsuji). Died 1 March 1942 aged 42 during the sinking of HMS Exeter in the Battle of the Java Sea. History. [1], In early 2010, Exeter was used to assist with the training of new naval base tugs. Reported destroyed by illegal salvage. - 31st DECEMBER 1939 -  in The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee had sailed into the South Atlantic two weeks before the war began, and had been commerce raiding after receiving appropriate authorisation on 26 September 1939. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. HMS Exeter Crew . See TNA CAB 66/4/47 HMS Exeter after the Battle off the River Plate From HMS Exeter, about 50 were killed, while 650 were made prisoners of war. Roll of Honour . Of these, 152 would die in Japanese PoW camps. for abbreviations, Ship type the ship name in Site Search. [4], Exeter also served in Operation Granby during the 1991 Gulf War,[2] under the command of Captain Nigel Essenhigh. can also go to "Christ walking on the water" in memory of the officers and men of HMS Exeter lost in the Java Sea, 1942. Details of the 48 who died in service with HMS Ajax can be found below. Short Review: HMS Exeter (courtesy of Jeoffrey Blain) A general summary of the movements of HMS Exeter´s ships company after she was sunk on March 1st 1942. The ship's cat of this heavy cruiser was Scouse a handsome white with ginger and tabby blotches, reported later to have joined the ship in 1939 as a stowaway in Bermuda. January 1940 Click on any name to view that man's individual memorial-biography. Exeter emerged from build with her hull coated in an experimental vivid bright blue co-polymer, anti-fouling boot topping. The wrecks of HMS Exeter and HMS Encounter were discovered by explorers - who had been looking for the wrecks for five years - in February 2007 only several miles apart, 90 miles north-west of Bawean Island, 60 miles from Exeter's captain's (Oliver Gordon) estimated sinking position, at a depth of approximately 60 m (200 ft). Battle of River Plate, William You (4) Background HMS Exeter . In autumn 1998, she emerged from a major refit in Rosyth dockyard. With the beginning of fighting in the Dutch East Indies, Allied forces attempted to unite to slow the Japanese advance south towards Australia. Casualty information in order - Surname, HMS Exeter A Cathedral class light cruiser of 8390 tons It was February 1941 when as a young stoker I joined 'HMS Exeter' then famous for her role in the Battle of the River Plate. 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