Unprotected cruiser
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An unprotected cruiser was a type of naval warship that was in use during the early 1870s Victorian or pre-dreadnought era. The name was meant to distinguish these ships from “protected cruisers”, whi
SMS Gefion was an unprotected cruiser that had a thin protective deck; she served with the Imperial German Navy between 1895 and 1919.
Spanish Infanta Isabel in New York, May 1893
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