HMS Exeter at Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 Apr 1934USS Melville (foreground, with USS Zane and another destroyer), USS Medusa, USS Litchfield (with another destroyer), HMS Exeter, and USS Truxtun (background, with another destroyer) in Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 Apr 1934USS Ranger at Montevideo, Uruguay with Vought O3U-3 Corsairs on deck, 24 Sep 1934. British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter in the background.HMS Exeter, 1930s
HMS Exeter at Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 Apr 1934USS Melville (foreground, with USS Zane and another destroyer), USS Medusa, USS Litchfield (with another destroyer), HMS Exeter, and USS Truxtun (background, with another destroyer) in Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 24 Apr 1934USS Ranger at Montevideo, Uruguay with Vought O3U-3 Corsairs on deck, 24 Sep 1934. British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter in the background.HMS Exeter, 1930s
Aerial view of HMS Exeter, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1939HMS Exeter off, Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1939HMS Exeter underway, date unknownWalrus flying boats aboard HMS Exeter, 1930s
Aerial view of HMS Exeter, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1939HMS Exeter off, Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1939HMS Exeter underway, date unknownWalrus flying boats aboard HMS Exeter, 1930s
Damaged HMS Exeter, 13 Dec 1939HMS Exeter at Devonport, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, date unknownHMS Exeter after refit, Mar 1941HMS Exeter at Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, early 1942
Damaged HMS Exeter, 13 Dec 1939HMS Exeter at Devonport, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, date unknownHMS Exeter after refit, Mar 1941HMS Exeter at Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, early 1942
Cruiser Exeter under air attack by B5N aircraft in the Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; note bombs falling astern of the cruiserHMS Exeter firing on Japanese aircraft, Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; photograph taken from HMAS HobartHMS Exeter under attack by B5N aircraft during the Gasper Strait sortie, 15 Feb 1942HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2
Cruiser Exeter under air attack by B5N aircraft in the Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; note bombs falling astern of the cruiserHMS Exeter firing on Japanese aircraft, Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; photograph taken from HMAS HobartHMS Exeter under attack by B5N aircraft during the Gasper Strait sortie, 15 Feb 1942HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2
HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2HMS Exeter under attack during the Second Battle of the Java Sea, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2
HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2HMS Exeter under attack during the Second Battle of the Java Sea, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2
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