HMS Exeter (68), British York class heavy cruiser, returning home in February 1940 after repairs following the Battle of the River Plate (December 1939), when the German ship the Graf Spee was defeated. Seen arriving at Devonport with thousands of people lining the waterfront. Those present included Winston Churchill, Sir John Simon, Sir Dudley Pound (First Sea Lord) and Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (Commander in Chief, Western Approaches).