List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy

This is a list of Royal Navy cruisers.

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Contents

1 Armoured cruisers 2 Protected cruisers 3 Light and Scout cruisers 4 Heavy cruisers 5 Guided missile cruisers 6 See also

Armoured cruisers

• Shannon (1875) 5670t, 2-10in, 7-9in
• Nelson class 7473t/7630t, 4-10in, 6-9in
  • Nelson (1876)
  • Northumberland (1876)
• Imperieuse class 8500t, 4-9.2in, 10-6in
  • Imperieuse (1883)
  • Warspite (1884)
• Orlando class 5600t, 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)
  • Hawke (1891)
  • Endymion (1891)
  • Royal Arthur (1891)
  • Gibraltar (1892)
  • Grafton (1892)
  • St George (1892)
  • Theseus (1892)
  • Crescent (1892)
• Powerful class 14200t, 2-9.2in, 12-6in
  • Powerful (1895)
  • Terrible (1895)
• Diadem class 8 ships
  • Diadem
• 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
  • Monmouth (1901)
  • Bedford (1901)
  • Essex (1901)
  • Kent (1901)
  • Berwick (1902)
  • 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)
  • Argyll (1904)
• Duke of Edinburgh class 13550t, 6-9.2in, 10-6in
  • Duke of Edinburgh (1904)
  • 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)
  • Defence (1907) - 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
  • 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
• Pelorus class - 7 ships

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 - two ships
• Leander class - eight ships (subclass Sydney 3)
• Arethusa class - four ships
• Town class - ten ships (subclasses Southampton 5, Gloucester 3, Edinburgh 2)
• Dido class - eleven ships (subclass Bellona 5)
• Crown Colony class - eleven ships (subclasses Fiji 8, Ceylon 3)
• Minotaur class - two ships

Heavy cruisers

• Hawkins class five ships
• County class thirteen ships (subclasses Kent 5, London 4, Norfolk 2, York 2)

Guided missile cruisers

• Tiger class - three ships

See also

• List of cruisers