Topaze-class cruiser
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The Topaze-class cruisers were a quartet of third-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
HMS Amethyst
Pelorus-class cruiser
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The Pelorus-class cruiser was a "third-class" protected cruiser designed by Sir William White for the Royal Navy, based on the earlier Pearl-class cruisers. Eleven ships were ordered to this design in
Topaze-class cruiser
…armoured cruisers, thus dispensing with the third-class rating entirely. Discussions had been ongoing for several years about a successor to the previous Pelorus class before the Admiralty decided on a design in 1901 that was very much larger and faster than the older ships. This represented a shift away from the…
HMS Pyramus in 1914
HMS Pelorus, 1910s
HMAS Pioneer c. 1910s to 1920s