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
HMS Musquito (1799) HMS Musquito (1799) HMS "Musquito" (or "Mosquito") was a 12-gun schooner, previously a French privateer. The Royal Navy captured her in 1799. having just been lost to capture, the navy changed her name to "Musquito". During her brief service on the Jamaica station "Musquito" captured several merchantmen and a small armed vessel. The Navy sold her in 1802. The Royal Navy captured a privateer, possibly "Hunter", in the West Indies in 1799. At some point in May 1799, "Musquito" and captured a Spanish schooner from Port au Plat that was carrying dollars. In second-half of 1799, "Musquito" captured the French