On March 1 1942, having been sent to the Middle East, she was eventually sunk by Japanese battle ships at the Bawean Island. The wreck of HMS Exeter was eventually discovered in the Java Sea using ...
Falkland Islands war veterans have accused the Royal Navy of disrespecting their sacrifice as HMS Exeter ... Exeter but the Japanese, at the Battle of the Java Sea who sank her on 1 March 1942.