It was a decisive Japanese victory, and HMS Exeter was attempting ... was the first major naval battle in World War II. The German pocket battleship (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee had been ...

“Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named after the city of Exeter in Devon ... South American Division with HMS Cumberland and, together with the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles, engaged ...

Exeter City Chairman Edward Chorlton last week presented the Captain of HMS Defender, Commander Phil Nash, with a set of Grecian shirts which will be worn by the ship’s football team when they play ...

“The biggest and most special one we’ve received so far is the entire archive of the HMS Gloucester Survivors Association ... and other items from their time on the WW2 cruiser before she was sunk in ...