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Comparisons of these British Cruiser Ship Classes
Fighting Summary
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Machinery
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Escort Summary
Armour
Building Costs
Gun Summary
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Dimensions
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British Cruiser Ship Class
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Population
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The Grand Fleet
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Into - Total: 68 General comparison below-See others above
Ship Type
Cruiser: 68
Machinery Type
Reciprocating: 31
Steam Turbine: 37
Ship Class Attribute
Innovative: 5
Representative: 1
Rigged For Sails: 4
Maritime Country
British: 68
Decade
1860s: 2
1870s: 3
1880s: 11
1890s: 9
1900s: 9
1910s: 16
1920s: 5
1930s: 10
1940s: 2
Warship Design Period
1860-1879 Uncertain Period: 5
1879-90 Steel Period: 11
1890-05 Pre-Dreadnought Period: 16
1905-14 Dreadnought Period: 10
1914-18 World War 1: 8
1919-39 Inter War Period: 13
1939-45 World War 2: 4
Ship Class - Armour Kind
Hadfield: 2
Harvey Nickel: 2
Harvey: 1
High Tensile: 1
Nickel Steel: 1
British Cruiser Ship Class
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Summary
Alias
HMS Active
224 530 1910_Jul_01Cruiser
  
HMS Adventure
224 530 1903_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Aeolus
224 530 1888_Jan_01Cruiser
 
apollo
HMS Amethyst
224 530 1902_Aug_14Cruiser
First cruiser with steam turbines.
 
HMS Archer
224 530 1885_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Arethusa
224 530 1933_Jan_25Cruiser
  
HMS Arethusa
224 530 1912_Oct_01Cruiser
  
HMS Armed Merchant Cruiser WW1
224 530  Cruiser   
HMS Armed Merchant Cruiser WW2
224 530 1939_Oct_01Cruiser
Ex passenger liners fitted with 6in guns.
 
HMS Arrogant
224 530 1895_Jan_01Cruiser
Intended as fleet rams.
 
HMS Astraea
224 530 1893_Jan_30Cruiser
  
HMS Barham
224 530 1889_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Barracouta
224 530 1888_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Bellona
224 530 1939_Nov_30Cruiser
  
HMS Birmingham
224 530 1912_Jun_10Cruiser
  
HMS Blake
224 530 1888_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Boadicea
224 530 1907_Jun_01Cruiser
  
HMS Bristol
224 530 1909_Feb_17Cruiser
  
HMS Caledon
224 530 1916_Feb_07Cruiser
  
HMS Calliope
224 530 1914_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Cambrian
224 530 1914_Oct_14Cruiser
  
HMS Carlisle
224 530 1917_Oct_02Cruiser
  
HMS Caroline
224 530 1913_Nov_01Cruiser
  
HMS Centaur
224 530 1915_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Ceres
224 530 1916_Jul_11Cruiser
  
HMS Challenger
224 530 1900_Dec_01Cruiser
  
HMS Chatham
224 530 1911_Jan_03Cruiser
  
HMS Chester
224 530 1914_Mar_21Cruiser
Ordered by Greece but requisitioned by Great Britain.
 
HMS Comus
224 530 1876_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Crescent
224 530 1891_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Danae
224 530 1916_Dec_01Cruiser
  
HMS Diadem
224 530 1895_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Dido
224 530 1937_Aug_26Cruiser
A cruiser with rapid fire high angle guns.
 
HMS Eclipse
224 530 1894_Jul_19Cruiser
  
HMS Edgar
224 530 1891_Jan_01Cruiser
  
HMS Edinburgh
224 530 1936_Dec_10Cruiser
  
HMS Emerald