The wreck of HMS Exeter was eventually discovered in the Java Sea using side scan sonar - and the assistance of an original Japanese Navy battle chart - on the evening of February 21, 2007 ...

HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles (New Zealand) finally caught the Graf von Spee, which then decided to scuttle the pocket battleship.

Commodore Henry Harwood of Hunting Group G guessed where the German ship was headed, closing in with heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles on December 13.