Protected cruiser
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Protected cruisers, a type of cruiser of the late 19th century, took their name from the armored deck, which protected vital machine-spaces from fragments released by explosive shells. Protected cruis
The Russian protected cruiser Oleg was a Bogatyr-class protected cruiser
The protected cruiser Esmeralda, built by the shipyard of the Armstrong House for the Chilean Navy, was the first warship of its kind in the world.
Hertha on a visit to the United States in 1909
Dutch protected cruiser Noord-Brabant as an accommodation ship
Light cruiser
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A light cruiser was 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 cr
Protected cruiser
…lighter yet stronger armour, even smaller vessels could afford some level of both belt and deck armour. In the place of protected cruisers, these new 'light armored cruisers' evolved into light cruisers and heavy cruisers, the former especially taking on many of the roles originally that had been envisioned for protected…
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