Exeter - 7 photo's.
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Photo 6 above shows her action damage from her engagement with the German "Graf Spee" off the River Plate in December 1939
Photo's 5, 6, & 7 above are courtesy of Mr. Paul Simpson & Mr. Ian Mort. -- Ians father, Mr Archie Mort, served on HMS Exeter and was captured by the Japanese after she was sunk in action in the "Java Sea" on March 1st. 1942. -- Like many thousands of others, Archie suffered dreadfully at their hands as a POW.
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