5th Destroyer Squadron - HMS Exeter

HMS EXETER is a Type 42 Destroyer which entered service in 1980 and her primary role is to provide air defence for task group operations.

Powered by Rolls-Royce Olympus and Tyne turbine engines she has controllable pitch propellers and stabilisers. She is fitted with the latest sensor and communications equipment.

With a standard displacement of 3,500 tonnes, she is 125 metres long, has a beam of 14.3 metres and a complement of 280.

Armament includes 114 mm gun, Sea Dart missile system, anti-submarine torpedo tubes and Lynx anti-submarine helicopter.