List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy
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This is a list of Royal Navy cruisers.
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Contents
Armoured cruisers
- Shannon (1875) 5,670 t, 2-10in, 7-9in
- Nelson class 7,473 t/7,630 t, 4-10in, 6-9in
- * Nelson (1876)
- * Northumberland (1876)
- Imperieuse class 8,500 t, 4-9.2in, 10-6in
- * Imperieuse (1883)
- * Warspite (1884)
- Orlando class 5,600 t, 2-9.2in, 10-6in
- * Orlando (1886)
- * Australia (1886)
- * Undaunted (1886)
- * Narcissus (1886)
- * Galatea (1887)
- * Immortalité (1887)
- * Aurora (1887)
- Blake class 9150t, 2-9.2in, 10-6in
- * Blake (1889)
- * Blenheim (1890)
- Edgar class - 9 ships
- * Edgar (1890)
- * HMS Hawke 1891
- * Endymion (1891)
- * Royal Arthur (1891)
- * Gibraltar (1892)
- * Grafton (1892)
- * St George (1892)
- * HMS Theseus (1892)
- * Crescent (1892)
- Powerful class 14,200 t, 2-9.2in, 12-6in
- * Powerful (1895)
- * Terrible (1895)
- Diadem class 8 ships
- * Diadem
- * Niobe - to Canada as HMCS Niobe
- Cressy class 12000t, 2-9.2in, 12-6in
- * Cressy (1899) - Torpedoed 1914
- * Sutlej (1899)
- * Aboukir (1900) - Torpedoed 1914
- * Hogue (1900) - Torpedoed 1914
- * Bacchante (1901)
- * Euryalus (1901)
- Drake class 14150t, 2-9.2in, 16-6in
- * Drake (1901) - Torpedoed 1917
- * Good Hope (ex-Africa) (1901) - Sunk during the Battle of Coronel, 1914
- * King Alfred (1901) - Sold 1920
- * Leviathan (1901) - Sold 1920
- Monmouth class 9800t, 14-6in
- * HMS Monmouth 1901
- * Bedford (1901)
- * Essex (1901)
- * HMS Kent 1901
- * Berwick (1902)
- * HMS Cornwall 1902
- * Cumberland (1902)
- * Donegal (1902)
- * Lancaster (1902)
- * Suffolk (1903)
- Devonshire class 10850t, 4-7.5in, 6-6in
- * Devonshire (1904)
- * Hampshire (1903) - Mined 1916
- * Carnarvon (1903)
- * Antrim (1903)
- * Roxburgh (1904)
- * HMS Argyll (1904)
- Duke of Edinburgh class 13550t, 6-9.2in, 10-6in
- * HMS Duke of Edinburg 1904
- * HMS Black Prince 1904 - Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- Warrior class (Modified Dukes) 13550t, 6-9.2in, 4-7.5in
- * Warrior (1905)
- * Cochrane (1905)
- * Achilles (1905)
- * Natal (1905)
- Minotaur class 14600t, 4-9.2in, 10-7.5in
- * Minotaur (1906)
- * Shannon (1906)
- * HMS Defense - Sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
Protected cruisers
- Iris class 3730t, 13-5in
- * Iris (1877)
- * Mercury (1878)
- Leander class 4300t, 10-6in
- * Leander (1882)
- * Amphion (1883)
- * Arethusa (1882)
- * Phaeton (1883)
- Mersey class 4050t, 2-8in, 10-6in
- * Mersey (1885)
- * Severn (1885)
- * Thames (1885)
- * Forth (1886)
- Medea class - 5 ships
- HMS Philomel
- Apollo class - 21 ships
- * Apollo (1891)
- * Aeolus (1891)
- * Andromache (1890)
- * Brilliant (1891)
- * Indefatigable (1891)
- * Intrepid (1891) - Scuttled 1918
- * Iphigenia (1891) - Scuttled 1918
- * Latona (1890)
- * Melampus (1890)
- * Naiad (1890)
- * Pique (1890)
- * Rainbow (1891) - To Canada as HMCS Rainbow
- * Retribution (1891)
- * Sappho (1891)
- * Scylla (1891)
- * Sirius (1890) - Scuttled 1918
- * Spartan (1891)
- * Sybille (1890) - Wrecked 1901
- * Terpsichore (1890)
- * Thetis (1890) - Scuttled 1918
- * Tribune (1891)
- Astraea class 4360t, 2-6in, 8-4.7in
- * Astraea (1893)
- * Bonaventure (1892)
- * Cambrian (1893)
- * Charybdis (1893)
- * Flora (1893)
- * Forte (1893)
- * Fox (1893)
- * Hermione (1893)
- Eclipse class 5600t, 5-6in, 6-4.7in
- * Eclipse (1894)
- * Diana (1895)
- * Dido (1896)
- * Doris (1896)
- * Isis (1896)
- * Juno (1895)
- * Minerva (1895)
- * Talbot (1895)
- * Venus (1895)
- Pearl class 2575t, 8-4.7in
- * Pallas (1890)
- * Pandora (1889)
- * Pearl (1890)
- * Pelorus (1889)
- * Persian (1890)
- * Philomel (1890)
- * Phoebe (1890)
- * Phoenix (1889)
- * Psyche (1889)
- Pelorus class 2135t, 8-4in
- * Pandora (1900)
- * Pelorus (1896)
- * Pegasus (1897)
- * Perseus (1897)
- * Pactolus (1896)
- * Pioneer (1899)
- * Pomone (1897)
- * Prometheus (1898)
- * Proserpine (1896)
- * Psyche (1898)
- * Pyramus (1897)
Light and Scout cruisers
- Arrogant class
- * Arrogant (1896)
- * Furious (1896)
- * Gladiator (1896) - Collision 1908, refloated,
- * Vindictive (1897) - Scuttled 1918
- Hermes class 5650t, 11-6in
- * Highflyer (1898)
- * Hermes (1898)
- * Hyacinth (1898)
- Challenger class 5880t, 11-6in
- * Challenger (1902)
- * Encounter (1902)
- Adventure class 2640t, 10-12pdr
- * Adventure (1904)
- * Attentive (1904)
- Forward class 2860t, 10-12pdr
- * Florward (1904)
- * Foresight (1904)
- Pathfinder class 2900t, 10-12pdr
- * Pathfinder (1904) - Torpedoed 1914
- * Patrol (1904)
- Sentinel class 2880t, 10-12pdr
- * Sentinel (1904)
- * Skirmisher (1905)
- Boadicea class - two ships
- Blonde class - two ships
- Active class - two ships
- Town class - twenty-one ships (subclasses: Bristol 5, Weymouth 4, Chatham 6, Birmingham 4, Birkenhead 2)
- Arethusa class - eight ships
- C class - thirty-two ships (subclasses Caroline 6, Cambrian 6, Centaur 2, Caledon 4, Ceres 5, Carlisle 5)
- Danae class - eight ships
- Emerald class
- * Emerald
- * Enterprise
- * Euphrates - never built
- Leander class - eight ships (subclass Sydney 3)
- Arethusa class - four ships
- Town class - ten ships
- * Southampton 5 ships
- * Gloucester 3 ships
- * Edinburgh sub-group
- ** Edinburgh
- ** Belfast
- Dido class - eleven ships (subclass Bellona 5)
- Crown Colony class - eleven ships
- * Fiji 8 ships
- * Ceylon 3 ships
- Minotaur class - two ships
Heavy cruisers
- Hawkins class 12,000 t
- * Hawkins (1917)
- * Vindictive (1918)
- * Raleigh (1919)
- * Frobisher (1920)
- * Effingham (1921)
- County class 10,000 tons standard
- *Kent class - 5 ships
- *London - 4 ships
- *Norfolk
- ** Norfolk
- ** Dorsetshire
- ** Northumberland - not built
- ** Surrey - not built
- *York class
- ** York
- ** Exeter
- ** 5 others planned but never ordered
Guided missile cruisers
- Tiger class 11,700 tons
- *Tiger (1959)
- *Lion (1960)
- *Blake (1961)
See also
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