  {|    |} hms exeter was a type 42 destroyer, the fifth ship of the royal navy to be named exeter, after the city of exeter in devon. ==design and construction== exeter was the first of the slightly modified 'batch 2' type 42 destroyers. this was a mid-build consideration with her later sister ship, , sporting a similar weapons and sensors upgrade with no discernible hull modifications. the weapons and sensors fit was the first grouping of the 1022, 992q and 1006 radars in a british warship. the ship was built by swan hunter, and commissioned into the royal navy on 19 september 1980.{{cite journal |date=january 2012 |title=flash traffic: falklands veteran goes for scrap |journal=the navy |publisher=nav
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