HMS Exeter Lost 1st March 1942

I should also have mentioned that Exeter was accompanied by the Destroyer HMS Encounter, that was also sunk in the same engagement.

On the first March 1944 The Frigate HMS Gould was torpedoed in the North Atlantic and sank.

The Royal Navy continued to record significant ship losses until the very end of the war, and many brave seamen some as young as 15 died too.

TF

HMS Exeter off the coast of Sumatra in 1942

That picture must have been taken a matter of only days or weeks before she was lost!

Lest We Forget!

TF

Yes indeed Brian the ship was located and identified in February 2007 in indonesian waters at a depth of 200 feet some 60 miles from where the captain reported her sinking.The picture below is the Exeter after a refit in 1941.

v9

Great Pictures V9  thank you.

TF

Yes, Thanks both. Very interesting.

I am sure that some will question me even bringing it up, but I believe that we have a moral responsibility not to forget those who served our Country so well, and in so doing gave their lives.

I am sure that some will question me even bringing it up, but I believe that we have a moral responsibility not to forget those who served our Country so well, and in so doing gave their lives.

I have no connection with any navy but find the stories you are posting very interesting as we all learn from it.