HMS Exeter, 1931-1942

Java Sea Revisited


Java Sea Revisited Stamp

26) The expedition's name 'Java Sea Revisited – The HMS Exeter Expedition 2008' and the flags that were 'flown'; an Explorers Club Flag (and logo) and a Royal Navy Ensign (and Exeter's ships crest). The background comes from a stamp; part of a set issued in Tanzania, depicting the fateful moment HMS Exeter took an 8” shell hit to her boiler room, courtesy of HIJMS Haguro, on the afternoon of February 27th, 1942, during the forlorn Battle of the Java Sea. (Naval ode, author unknown.)







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