Almost 81 years ago to the day, a German naval officer by the name of captain Hans Langsdorff put on his uniform, wrapped himself in a German flag, and shot himself in the head. Just three days ...

HMS Exeter will be formally decommissioned in May after spending the winter in Portsmouth with a skeleton crew and command. The navy says she still might be used, which is why a fly-past from two jets ...

The cruiser HMS Exeter, best known for its valiant role in the Battle of the River Plate when it hunted down the pride of the German navy, the Admiral Graf Spee, was located by divers searching the ...

HMS Exeter (D89) (seen on the 30p £1.66p) was the seventh Type 42 destroyer and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be called Exeter. Designed to provide area air defence to a group of ships, a ...

HMS Exeter, the last surviving operational Royal Navy warship which took part in the Falklands War, will retire from service on Wednesday. 27 May 2009 • 7:32am A decommissioning ceremony to mark the ...

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War hero Lloyd Seaward - the last survivor of HMS Exeter - has sadly passed away at the age of 102 in Canada. He survived the sinking of HMS Exeter in 1942 and was taken prisoner by the Japanese.

Government demands probe after wrecks of HMS Exeter, HMS Electra and HMS Encounter found to have vanished THE wrecks of three Royal Navy battleships that were sunk in a ferocious WWII battle have ...

Harvey said it was a "surreal" feeling, with the pair going on to recreate a photograph of their fathers from 26 years ago.

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Hugo White commanded the “Fighting Fourth” frigate squadron in Britain’s naval task force in the Falklands war, and his ship, HMS Avenger, proved a lucky one. She escaped both an unidentified ...