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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 [[battle of the River Plate|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 [[Salisbury-class frigate|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.

==Battle honours==
* [[battle of Sadras|Sadras]], 1782
* [[battle of Providien|Providien]], 1782
* [[battle of Negapatam (1782)|Negapatam]], 1782
* [[battle of Trincomalee|Trincomalee]], 1782
* [[Battle of the River Plate|River Plate]], 1939
* [[Battle of Malaya|Malaya]], 1942
* [[battle of Sunda Strait|Sunda Strait]], 1942
* [[Falklands War|Falklands]], 1982
* [[Gulf War|Kuwait]], 1991

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