[Read full story about the plundered WWII-era shipwrecks] The Java Sea expedition also explored the wreck site of the British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, one of five Allied warships sunk during the ...

The cruiser HMS Exeter, best known for its valiant role ... was located by divers searching the Java Sea. The British vessel was sunk on March 1, 1942, when, with two escorts, the destroyer ...

Two British shipwrecks dating from World War II have "vanished" from the floor of the Java Sea, and several ... scrap metal salvage operators. The HMS Exeter, a 175m heavy cruiser, and the ...

The HMS Exeter, that monolith of a ship ... On Feb. 27, 1942, they entered the Java Sea, which lies between the islands of Java and Borneo.

In early November, an international diving expedition set out from Indonesia into the Sea ... ships Java and Kortenaer, the British destroyers HMS Jupiter, HMS Electra and cruiser HMS Exeter ...

Devon-based HMS Exeter, which was built in Plymouth the 1920s, was sunk in the Java Sea off Indonesia by Japanese forces on March 1, 1942, after being intercepted by Japanese heavy cruisers.

both cruisers and vast parts of the destroyer had disappeared from the bottom of the Java Sea. The Guardian also reported that two British ships, the heavy 8,390-ton cruiser HMS Exeter and the ...

HMS Exeter is one of the most celebrated British ... But less well-known is her last heroic fight in the Java Sea. At first we intended to tell the story of the battle purely through the eyes ...

The wreck of HMS Exeter was eventually discovered in the Java Sea using side scan sonar - and the assistance of an original Japanese Navy battle chart - on the evening of February 21, 2007 ...

In early November, an international diving expedition set out from Indonesia into the Sea ... ships Java and Kortenaer, the British destroyers HMS Jupiter, HMS Electra and cruiser HMS Exeter ...