--Originally Posted 5/11/08--

Less than a month after the discovery of the wreck of HMAS Sydney, came the reporting last week that the wreck of HMS Exeter has been officially identified; after having first been discovered 2/21/07 in shallow water off Java!

This historic ship, whose motto was Semper Fidelis - "Always True" (exactly the same as in the US Marine Corps) - certainly warrants our commemoration, just as the HMAS Sydney discovery. Therefore I propose and would invite one and all to join me in a group build of HMS Exeter - any scale, any medium, etc. - which posts, submissions to me and all responses to them will be appended as "replies" below.

Cheers,

-Matty