Ships
| Name | Pennant | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | 90 | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Jarrow | 16 May 1927 | 17 Feb 1928 | 6 June 1930 | Rammed and crippled by two Italian explosive motor boats at Suda Bay 26 March 1941, beached in Suda Bay. Further damaged by German air raid, 18 May 1941. Abandoned, 22 May 1941. Salvaged and scrapped Feb 1952. |
| Exeter | 68 | HM Dockyard, Devonport | 1 August 1928 | 13 July 1929 | 31 July 1931 | Sunk by gunfire from Japanese cruisers Haguro and Nachi in Second Battle of the Java Sea 1 March 1942. |
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