The Java Sea expedition also explored the wreck site of the British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, one of five Allied warships sunk during the Second Battle of the Java Sea in March 1942. Sign up for ...

An emotional Lieutenant Commander aboard the Royal Navy flagship has reflected on the service of his uncle eight decades ...

Wartime naval legend HMS Exeter found off Java. The wreck of one of the Second World War's most famous warships has been found by deep sea explorers, 66 years after it was lost in battle.

Sailors aboard the nation’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales paused to reflect on past sacrifices as the aircraft carrier sailed on the latest leg ...

The HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser in the Royal Navy, weighed nearly 10,000 imperial tons. Six Allied ships and a U.S. submarine sunk in the Java Sea have gone almost entirely missing, and no one is ...

The HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser in the Royal Navy, weighed nearly 10,000 imperial tons. The slightly smaller HMS Encounter and the destroyer HMS Electra flanked the great beast of a ship as the ...

Two British shipwrecks dating from World War II have "vanished" from the floor of the Java Sea, ... The HMS Exeter, a 175m heavy cruiser, and the destroyer HMS Encounter, ...

Three ships – HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter, and HMS Electra – contained the bodies of more than 150 sailors. All sank during operations in the Java Sea in 1942, one of the costliest sea ...

In early November, an international diving expedition set out from Indonesia into the Sea of Java to find the wrecks of several Dutch warships that sank during World War II.

Six Allied ships and a U.S. submarine sunk in the Java Sea have gone almost entirely missing, ... The HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser in the Royal Navy, weighed nearly 10,000 imperial tons.