HMS Exeter

1929 York-class heavy cruiser
Vehicle heavy_cruiser Q428315
HMS Exeter
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HMS Exeter

Summary

HMS Exeter is a heavy cruiser[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of heavy_cruiser entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HMS Exeter's image is recorded as HMS Exeter off Sumatra in 1942.jpg[3].
  • HMS Exeter's instance of is recorded as heavy cruiser[4].
  • HMS Exeter's instance of is recorded as shipwreck[5].
  • HMS Exeter's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[6].
  • HMS Exeter's manufacturer is recorded as HMNB Devonport[7].
  • HMS Exeter's vessel class is recorded as York-class heavy cruiser[8].
  • HMS Exeter's Commons category is recorded as HMS Exeter (68)[9].
  • HMS Exeter's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • HMS Exeter's powered by is recorded as three-drum boiler[11].
  • HMS Exeter's armament is recorded as BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun[12].
  • HMS Exeter's armament is recorded as QF 4 inch Mk V gun[13].
  • HMS Exeter's armament is recorded as QF 2 pounder gun[14].
  • HMS Exeter's armament is recorded as British 21 inch torpedo[15].
  • HMS Exeter's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[16].
  • HMS Exeter's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -5, 'lon': 111}[17].
  • HMS Exeter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g7qf[18].
  • HMS Exeter's service entry is recorded as +1931-07-27T00:00:00Z[19].
  • HMS Exeter's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[20].
  • HMS Exeter's significant event is recorded as ship launching[21].
  • HMS Exeter's significant event is recorded as keel laying[22].
  • HMS Exeter's pennant number is recorded as 68[23].
  • HMS Exeter's crew members is recorded as Richard Borthwick Jennings[24].
  • HMS Exeter's described by source is recorded as Drachinifel[25].
  • HMS Exeter's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[26].
  • HMS Exeter's described by source is recorded as naval-history.net[27].

Why It Matters

HMS Exeter ranks in the top 9% of heavy_cruiser entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin
    Country of origin United Kingdom
    Manufacturer
    Beam {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+17.7'}
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30363|batch #30363]]: HMS Exeter (68)"
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