F. S. Bell Falkland Islands. The captain, eight officers and 79 members of the crew were given the Freedom of the City of Exeter on 29 February 1940, and were welcomed by a crowd of 50,000 cheering residents. The crew marched through the streets with fixed bayonets, carrying HMS "Exeter's" shell-torn White Ensign through the streets. Bell also commanded in 1945. He retired from the Navy owing to ill health on 8 January 1948. In the 1956 film "The Battle of the River Plate", Bell was played by John Gregson. During the film, Bell's nickname of 'Hookie', because of his distinctive nose, is
USS S-25 (SS-130) her proper course, and on 2 May 1942 was sunk by friendly fire by the destroyer HMS "St. Albans" (ex-USS "Thomas") and the minesweeper HMS "Seagull". USS S-25 (SS-130) USS "S-25" (SS-130) was a first-group ("S-1" or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. "S-25" was laid down on 26 October 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 May 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ross P. Schlabach, and commissioned on 9 July 1923 with Lieutenant Commander George H. Fort in command. Operating from New London, Connecticut, in 1923, "S-25" participated in winter