HMS Exmouth (H 02)
HMS Exmouth (H 02) before the war
| Name | HMS Exmouth (H 02) | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (E-class) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.475 tons | ||
| Completed | 1934 - Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 21 Jan, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-22 (Karl-Heinrich Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 58.18N, 02.25W - Grid AN 1684 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 189 officers and men (189 dead - no survivors) | ||
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| Notes on loss | At 05.55 hours on 21 Jan, 1940, HMS Exmouth (H 02) (Capt R.S. Benson, DSO, RN) was hit in the bow by a G7e torpedo from U-22 and sank with all hands within 3 minutes off Tarbett Ness in the Moray Firth. The destroyer was escorting the British motor merchant Cyprian Prince, which had been missed by a G7a torpedo at 05.38 hours. | ||
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