The Barham-class cruiser was a series of two third-class cruisers operated by the Royal Navy between 1890 and 1914. Designed as a high-speed variant of...
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achieve a top speed of 19.5 knots. Later designated as the Barham-class cruiser, two ships, HMS Barham and Bellona, were launched in 1889 and 1890, respectfully...
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HMS Barham was to have been a wooden screw frigate. She was ordered in 1860 but was later cancelled. HMS Barham (1889) was a third-class cruiser launched...
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HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed in 1915, she was often used as...
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Zara class was a group of four heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the late 1920s and the early 1930s. The class comprised...
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1905 Barham class third class cruiser, 1,830 tons, 6 × 4.7 in Barham (1889) – Sold 1914 Bellona (1890) – Sold 1906 Pearl class third class cruiser, 2,575...
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HMS Devonshire (39) (redirect from HMS Devonshire heavy cruiser)
HMS Devonshire, pennant number 39, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the London sub-class built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. The ship spent...
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of capital ship yet designed." They saw much service in both world wars. Barham was lost to a U-boat attack in 1941, but the others survived the wars and...
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Sortied from Firth of Forth with the Battle Cruiser Fleet soon after 6.00pm 30 May Battleships HMS Barham (flagship): Capt Arthur William Craig HMS Valiant:...
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was later enlarged and modified to create the Barracouta and Barham third class cruisers. The concept behind the Curlews would later evolve into the torpedo...
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was sunk en route when she was accidentally rammed by the battleship HMS Barham, and Duncan was badly damaged when she collided with a merchant ship, requiring...
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Zara was a heavy cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), the lead ship of the Zara class. Named after the Italian city of Zara (now Zadar...
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seven vessels were built to three designs: two Trento-class cruisers, four Zara-class cruisers, and Bolzano, a modified version of the Trento design....
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The Pearl-class cruiser was a third-class protected cruiser designed by Sir William White for the Royal Navy. Nine ships were built to this design, five...
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Voroshilov (Russian: Ворошилов) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She bombarded...
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Cunningham with Formidable, Warspite, Barham and Valiant left Alexandria on the same day to meet the cruisers. The Italian fleet was spotted by a Sunderland...
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initially thought to be destroyers but quickly identified as Leander-class cruisers. Langsdorff decided not to flee from the British ships, and ordered...
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The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8) was a Kriegsmarine (German navy) merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel Steiermark...
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(Ukrainian: "Червона Україна", lit. "Red Ukraine") was an Admiral Nakhimov-class light cruiser of the Soviet Navy assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. During World...
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HMS Calcutta (D82) (category C-class cruisers)
a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class of cruisers. She...
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Pola was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), named after the Italian city of Pola (now Pula, Croatia). She was built...
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of the final two Regina Elena-class battleships in 1903, the Italian Navy elected to construct a series of large cruisers rather than additional battleships...
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HMS Dunedin (category Danae-class cruisers of the Royal Navy)
HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, pennant number D93. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne...
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Fiume was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina, named after the Italian city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), she was the second of four...
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SMS Von der Tann (redirect from Von der Tann class battlecruiser)
British Invincible class, which were armed with a main battery of eight 30.5 cm (12 in) guns, outclassed the latest armored cruiser in terms of firepower...
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Kriegsmarine (section Panzerschiffe and Heavy cruisers)
substantial effort and resources. Some projects, like the D-class cruisers and the P-class cruisers, had to be cancelled. The first military action of the...
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frigates and corvettes as "cruisers") are listed below. The term "frigate" was resuscitated in World War II and subsequent classes are listed at the end of...
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HMAS Sydney (D48) (category Leander-class cruisers (1931) of the Royal Australian Navy)
modified Leander-class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruiser was purchased by...
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HMS Gloucester (62) (category Town-class cruisers (1936))
HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Commissioned shortly before...
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command HMS Daphne in March 1901, and transferred to the cruiser HMS Barham in July 1902. Barham served on the Mediterranean Fleet until October 1902, when...
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