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RN Arethusa class cruisers HMS Arethusa (26), HMS Galatea (71), HMS Penelope (97), HMS Aurora (12) The light armoured cruiser – light cruiser – succeeded the protected cruiser; improvements in machinery and armour rendering the latter obsolete. The Town class of 1910 were rated as second-class protected cruisers, but were effectively light armoured cruisers with mixed coal and oil … Read more

Royal Navy County class Cruisers: HMS Norfolk (78), HMS Dorsetshire (40), HMS Charybdis (88). The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first ‘post-war’ cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy and were … Read more

Courageous/Glorious class large light cruisers converted to aircraft carriers HMS Furious (47), HMS Courageous (50), HMS Glorious (77) Glorious group 19,320 tons, 4 × 15 in, 18 × 4 in. HMS Furious (47) (RN Photo) HMS Furious (47), 19,513 tons, 2 × 18 in, 11 × 5.5 in., completed as an aircraft carrier. HMS Furious was … Read more

Royal Navy C class Cruisers: Carlisle group: HMS Cairo (D87), HMS Calcutta (D82), HMS Capetown (D88), HMS Carlisle (D67), HMS Colombo (D89) HMS Cairo (D87) (IWM Photo, Q 20272) HMS Cairo (D87). During the Second World War, she took part in the Norwegian Campaign, where she was damaged by German aircraft off Narvik on 28 May … Read more

Royal Navy Cruisers: Emerald class HMS Emerald (D66), HMS Enterprise (D52) The Emerald class or E class was a class of two light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. Following the Cavendish class, three ships of a new class were ordered in March 1918, towards the end of the First World War, designed to emphasise … Read more