HMS Exeter

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Exeter after the city of Exeter in Devon.

• {{HMS|Exeter|1680}} was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1680. She was damaged in an explosion in 1691 and was hulked. She was broken up in 1717.
• {{HMS|Exeter|1697}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt to carry 58 guns in 1744 and was broken up in 1763.
• {{HMS|Exeter|1763}} was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1763. She was burned as unseaworthy in 1784.
• {{HMS|Exeter|68}} was a {{sclass|York|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser launched in 1929. She fought at the River Plate in 1939, and was sunk during the Second Battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942.
• HMS Exeter was planned as a Type 61 frigate. She was ordered in 1956, but cancelled in 1957.
• {{HMS|Exeter|D89}} was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979. She served in the Falklands War and the Gulf War, and was in service until she was decommissioned on 27 May 2009.