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Naval Historical Center #NH 60813. Cropped by author.
| Tonnage | 8400 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 575' by 58' by 17' 175.3m by 17.7m by 5.2m |
| Maximum speed | 32 knots |
| Complement | 628 |
| Aircraft | 1 seaplane
catapult 2 seaplanes |
| Armament | 3x2 8"/50
guns 8 4"/45 dual-purpose guns 2x8 40mm/40 2x4 machine guns 2x3 21" torpedo tubes |
| Protection | 3" (76mm) belt (machinery) 3.5" (89mm) bulkheads (machinery) 1.4" (36mm) deck (machinery and steering) 5"/3"/3" (127mm/76mm76/mm) magazine crowns/sides/ends 1" (25mm) turret 1" (25mm) barbettes 3" (76mm) conning tower |
| Machinery |
4-shaft Parsons geared turbine
(80,000 shp) 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Bunkerage | 1900 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000km) at 14 knots |
| Sensors |
Type 279 radar |
Exeter was
completed in 1931. She was originally to have been a sister to York, but delays in construction
led to some differences in design, including better protection to the
magazines. Both ships were an
attempt at an inexpensive commerce protector, but the economies in
their design
left them poorly protected and they were mediocre sea boats.
Exeter was operating out of Singapore when war broke out. She was sunk on 1 March 1942 south of Borneo.
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-21)
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