HMS Exeter (D89)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Exeter
- Type
- Destroyer
- Class
- Type 42 destroyer
- Pennant Number
- D89
- Launched
- 1979
- Built at
- Swan Hunter
- Commissioned
- 1980
- Armament
- Sea Dart missiles and guns
- Propulsion
- Gas turbines
- Role
- Destroyer
- Notable for
- Falklands and Gulf service
- Fate
- Scrapped in 2011
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Exeter was a Type 42 destroyer that saw service in the Falklands War and later operations in the Gulf.