HMS Exmoor

HMS Exmoor (i) (L61)

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Escort destroyer
Class:	Hunt (Type I)
Pennant:	L 61
Built by:	Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons
Laid down:	8 Jun, 1939
Launched:	25 Jan, 1940
Commissioned:	18 Oct, 1940
Complement:	146
Lost:	25 Feb, 1941 (Lt. Cdr. R. T. Lampard, RN.) was sunk off Lowesoft in position (52.32N 02.05E )while escorting convoy FN 417. She was hit aft by a torpedo fired by the German motor torpedo boat S-30, she caught fire and sank quickly. 4 officers, including her Commanding Officer and 100 men were lost with the ship.