Flotilla leader
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A flotilla leader was a small warship, especially prominent in early 20th century navies, suitable for commanding a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships, typically a small cruiser or a large
Dubrovnik, a large destroyer design built as a flotilla leader
Ships of US Destroyer Squadron 3 at San Diego in 1941, with the visibly larger Porter-class flotilla leader USS Clark in front
Light cruiser
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A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cru
HMS Belfast, one of the last surviving light cruisers. She carries 12 6-inch guns and displaces 11,553 tons – "light" in World War II referred to gun size, not displacement.
HMS Mercury
HMS Gloucester, one of the Town class, in 1917
SMS Bremen