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Light cruiser (4088 bytes)
1: ...t cruisers in the 1890s, building a class of fast cruisers copied by other nations.
3: ...t of 6 inch (200 mm) guns, while German cruisers progressed during the war from 4.1 inch (10...
5: ...sp;mm) or smaller, with heavy cruisers defined as cruisers having guns of up to 8 inch (200 mm).
7: ...weight of 6 inch (200 mm) shells. Light cruisers were nevertheless useful for fire-support and as...
9: ...' (Bordeaux). Similar ships include the protected cruisers ''Aurora'' (St Petersburg), part of ''Puglia'' (...

Red light, green light (547 bytes)
1: ...towards "it". At any time, "it" can call out "Red light!" and the others must freeze in place. In anyone ...

Cruiser (10757 bytes)
1: ...e USS ''Port Royal'' (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser.]]
3: In military terminology, a '''cruiser''' is a large [[warship]] capable of engaging mul...
5: ...cruising ships", which was rapidly abbreviated to cruiser.
7: ...]], so much so that this task came to be called ''cruiser warfare''.
9: Cruisers were also attached to the main battlefleet and u...

Cruiser Mk II (2351 bytes)
1: ...er Tank Mark II''', was developed alongside the [[Cruiser_Mk_I|A9]], and was intended to be a heavier, infa...
15: Classified as a 'heavy cruiser' and 31 were sent to [[France]] with the 1rst Arm...
27: ...rmation [http://www.wwiivehicles.com/html/britain/CruiserMkII.htm][http://www.armourinfocus.co.uk/a10/index...

Cruiser Mk I (2880 bytes)
1: ...he Cruiser Mark I''', or '''A9''' was the first [[cruiser tank]] - that is to say, a fast tank designed to ...
16: The Cruiser was an effective tank in the French, Greek and ea...
18: The mechanical reliability of the Cruiser was also a disadvantage. In particular, tracks we...
32: ...//mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/BritishCruiserTanks.html A9 Specifications]

Interdictor Cruiser (2593 bytes)
1: An '''Interdictor Cruiser''' is a type of starship in the fictional [[Star ...
3: ...Vessels in hyperspace will immediately drop to sublight, and no ship is able to enter hyperspace as long ...
7: ...perial Star Destroyer, the Interdictor Cruiser is lightly armed. Because of this, in most situations the...
11: ...ten overwhelm their Rebel opponents. Interdictor Cruisers were also used to pull freighters carrying contr...
13: ...cates that a pirate group had seized one of these cruisers.

ATA Cruiser (1234 bytes)
3: The '''[[Adams-Toman|ATA]] Cruiser''' was a US-built civil utility aircraft of the 1...
7: ==Specifications (Cruiser)==

Chrysler PT Cruiser (1281 bytes)
1: The '''[[Chrysler]] PT Cruiser''' is a "retro"-styled [[station wagon|wagon]] fr...
3: The PT Cruiser was on ''[[Car and Driver]]'s'' [[Car and Driver ...
6: ...hot rod". The Prowler's grille was aped by the PT Cruiser.
8: ...alize and cancel the marque. Consequently, the PT Cruiser only ever appeared in public as a Chrysler.
12: [[Category:Chrysler vehicles|PT Cruiser]]

Auxiliary cruiser (6536 bytes)
1: ...ich approached too close. In most cases auxiliary cruiser raiders tried to avoid detection.
2: ...e British used armed passenger liner as auxiliary cruisers and used them to protect convoys, the Germans us...
6: ==Allied merchant cruisers of [[World War I]]==
10: ==Allied merchant cruisers of [[World War II]]==
73: The German auxiliary cruiser - ''Hilfskreuzer'' or ''Handels-Stör-Kreuzer...

C class cruiser (9368 bytes)
2: |colspan="2"|[[Image:HMS Cambrian (C-class cruiser).jpg|330px|HMS Cambrian]]
38: The ''C-class'' were [[light cruiser]]s of the [[Royal Navy]], and were built in a num...
42: ...'Champion'' had all geared turbines, the first RN cruisers to be fitted with them. They also had increased ...
46: ...ild that saw her become an anti-air warfare (AAW) cruiser. She was armed with the effective 4-in gun, of wh...
48: ...en 3-in guns for their AAW role. ''Curacao'' had slightly different gun numbers, being armed with eight 4...

Merchant Cruiser (1259 bytes)
2: image= [[Image:MerchantCruiser.gif|Merchant Cruiser]] |
27: The [[Merchant Cruiser]] is the ship each player starts with in the fict...
29: ...ason, many traders opt to trade in their Merchant Cruiser for the Freighter immediately.

Republic Cruiser (1530 bytes)
1: ...s total capacity is 8 crew and 16 passengers. The Cruiser first appeared in the [[Star Wars Episode I: The ...

Armored cruiser (3899 bytes)
1: The '''armored cruiser''' was a naval [[cruiser]] protected by [[Vehicle armor|armor]] on its sid...
3: ...vitable, despite its cost and weight, and armored cruisers began to appear in large Western navies.
7: ...hannon (1875)|''Shannon'']] (1875). Early armored cruisers had a usual displacement of around 6,000 - 12,00...
9: ...f only 14 guns of 6 in (152 mm). The last armored cruisers had a stronger armament, like the British [[HMS ...
11: ...eir speeds. They were eventually known as [[battlecruiser]]s.

Cruiser Squadron (916 bytes)
1: ...nded to organise such ships into groups called '''Cruiser Squadrons'''.
3: ...Sn for short (e.g. the officer commanding the 3rd Cruiser Squadron would be CS3).
7: The use of Cruiser Squadrons died out as the number of such ships de...

Heavy cruiser (2573 bytes)
1: ...s, sometimes after conversion to [[guided missile cruiser]]s (general hull symbol CG).
5: .... They played a similar role to that of [[armored cruiser]]s 40 years earlier.
7: The only heavy cruiser in existence today is the [[museum ship]] [[USS S...
9: ...tional spaceborne heavy cruisers|spaceborne heavy cruisers]] also carry squadrons of fighters, adding a car...

Cruiser Division 13 (484 bytes)
1: ...vy division|division]] consisting of four [[light cruiser]]s - [[USS Biloxi|USS ''Biloxi'']], [[USS Birming...

Protected cruiser (2402 bytes)
1: ...mage:protected_cruiser.png|framed|right|Protected cruiser armour scheme — a cross-section (armour in ...
2: ...superseded by [[light cruiser|light]] and [[heavy cruiser]]s.
8: The displacement of protected cruisers was about 2500 - 7000 tons. Main armament was up...
10: ...[[1910]], when countries started to build [[light cruiser]]s, with armored sides and decks instead.
14: A few protected cruisers are in existence as [[museum ship]]s:

Sydney class cruiser (275 bytes)
1: ...ustralian Navy]] are known as '''''Sydney''-class cruiser''':
3: * Australian cruisers of the [[Town class cruiser (1910)|Town class]]
4: * Australian cruisers of the [[Leander class cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' class]]

Bainbridge class cruiser (738 bytes)
1: ... cruiser|''Leahy''-class]] guided missile frigate/cruiser (DLG/CG-16 class).
5: ...nia'' and ''Virginia'' classes of nuclear-powered cruiser.

Dido class cruiser (4402 bytes)
2: ...tre" colspan="2"|[[Image:HMS Argonaut (Dido class cruiser).jpg|330px|HMS Argonaut]]<br>[[HMS Argonaut (61)|...
35: ...Arethusa class cruiser|''Arethusa''-class]] light cruisers. The first group (three ships) were commissioned...
41: The ''Bellona'' sub-class differed only slightly to their predecessors. They had eight 5.25-inch...
45: {{Dido_class_cruiser}}

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