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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_cruiserProtected cruisers, a type of naval cruiser of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers resembled armored cruisers, which had in addition a belt … See more
From the late 1850s, navies began to replace their fleets of wooden ships-of-the-line with armoured ironclad warships. However, the frigates and sloops which performed the missions of scouting, commerce raiding and … See more
A few protected cruisers have survived as museum ships, while others were used as breakwaters, some of which can still be seen today. See more
1. ^ Beeler, pp. 42–44
2. ^ Parkinson, p. 149
3. ^ Brown, Warrior to Dreadnought, Warship Development 1860–1905, page 111.
4. ^ "The 'Esmeralda,'" The Record (Valparaiso) 13, no. 183 (4 December 1884): 5. See more
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The Austro-Hungarian Navy built and operated two classes of protected cruisers. These were two ships of the Kaiser Franz Joseph I class and … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Protected...
Protected cruisers were a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century that had only a minimal amount of armor compared to existing "armored" cruisers. Subcategories This category has …
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The Etna class was a series of protected cruisers that were built in the late 1880s for the Regia Marina (the Royal Italian Navy). The four ships built were slightly enlarged copies of the Elswick Works' design for the protected cruiser Giovanni Bausan. Etna, the lead ship of the class, was the only ship still in service when World War I began, although she served as a stationary headquarters ship for …
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List of protected cruisers of Germany. 1 language. Talk. Read. Edit. View history. Hansa, of the Victoria Louise class. The German Imperial Navy ( Kaiserliche Marine) built a series of …
- Armament: The number and type of the primary armament
- Armor: The thickness of the deck armor
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unprotected_cruiserSee more on en.wikipedia.orgUnprotected cruisers included medium-sized ships such as the Spanish Reina Cristina and Chinese Kai Che down to smaller ships of about 1,000 tons. A small unprotected cruiser was little different from a large gunboat (for instance, at the Battle of Manila in 1898 the American Concord was larger than the Spanish unpr…
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protected cruiser. type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from fragments caused by exploding shells …
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The St. Louis-class cruisers were a class of three cruisers that served in the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Authorized in fiscal year 1901 by an Act of Congress …
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Protected cruisers were differentiated from other cruising warships by their relatively light sloped armor deck that provided a measure of protection against incoming shellfire, as opposed to armored cruisers that relied on heavy belt …
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The protected cruiser is a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from fragments caused by exploding …
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protected cruiser ( plural protected cruisers ) ( military, nautical) A type of cruiser (the warship) carrying moderately-heavy main guns (although considerably lighter than those of a battleship) …
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