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HMS Exeter left her home town of Portsmouth on June 20 for a six-month deployment to the Middle East and Asia. After patrolling the Gulf during July, she headed east in mid-August, stopping for maintenance in Singapore. anton aft
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Early this month the ship participated in a three-week series of exercises, under the auspices of the Five Power Defence Agreement, with units of the Australian, New Zealand, Malaysian and Singapore Forces. Following her four-day visit to Qing Dao, the ship will head west, to resume duties in the Gulf...! } un courvoi) onli
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HMS Exeter entered service in 1980. She has an overall length of 412 feet and a crew of 280 men. She has two 4,800 SHP Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines for cruising, and two 25,000 SHP Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines for pull power, which gives a maximum speed of over 28 knots.
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The Type-42 Destroyer's primary role is anti-air warfare, and HMS Exeter is armed with the Sea Dart missile system which is designed to provide area air defence to a group of ships at sea.
She is also armed with an automatic 4.5-inch gun, capable of engaging air, surface and shore targets. Four 20mm guns provide close range air and surface defence, and two radar-controlled Gatling guns provide close-in defence against missile attack. She is also fitted with an extremely effective Sonar system, for the detection of submarine targets.
The ship also carries the high-speed multi-purpose Lynx helicopter, armed with anti-submarine weapons and the Sea Skua anti-ship missile. The Lynx helicopter can achieve a speed of over 150 knots, and also has a very useful search and rescue capability.
HMS Exeter will moor in Victoria Harbour, opposite the Prince of Wales
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