{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use British English|date=August 2017}} 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.
==Battle honours== * Sadras, 1782 * Providien, 1782 * Negapatam, 1782 * Trincomalee, 1782 * River Plate, 1939 * Malaya, 1942 * Sunda Strait, 1942 * Falklands, 1982 * Kuwait, 1991
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