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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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