BeschreibungHMS Exeter (68) under air attack Feb 1942.jpg
Smoke from anti aircraft fire from the Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (68) in the Java Sea, seen from the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart (D63), as Exeter and Hobart engaged attacking Japanese aircraft, 15 February 1942. Exeter survived this attack to be later sunk in the Java Sea on 1 March 1942 by a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Inazuma. HMS Encounter (H10) and USS Pope (DD-225) were with the Exeter, and all three ships sunk off the southern coast of Borneo.
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== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Smoke from anti aircraft fire from the Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS ''Exeter'' (68) in the Java Sea, seen from the Australian cruiser, HMAS ''Hobart'' (D63), as ''Exeter'' and ''Hobart'' engaged attacking