Edgar class first class protected cruiser, 7,700 tons, 2× 9.2-inch, 10×6-inch.Blake class first class protected cruiser, 9,150 tons, 2 × 9.2-inch, 10 × 6-inch.

Orlando class first class armoured cruiser, 5,600 tons, 2×9.2-inch, 10×6-inch.

Imperieuse class first class armoured cruiser, 8,500 tons, 4×9.2inch, 10×6inch.

Nelson class first class armoured cruiser, 7,473 tons, 4×10-inch, 6×9-inch.

Shannon first class armoured cruiser, (1875) 5,670 tons, 2×10in, 7×9inch.

The first class cruiser was succeeded by the battlecruiser in the Royal Navy. Thus, the first class cruisers built between the Orlando class (1886) and the Cressy class (1897) were, strictly speaking, protected cruisers as they lacked an armoured belt.

In the Royal Navy this classification was not actually used, the term first class cruiser being used instead for both armoured cruisers and large protected cruisers. There are no longer any cruisers in the Royal Navy.Īrmoured cruisers were protected by a belt of side armour and an armoured deck. This is a list of cruisers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom from 1877 (when the category was created by amalgamating the two previous categories of frigate and corvette) until the last cruiser was decommissioned more than a century later. ( February 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations.

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