• Source: List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy

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. There are no longer any cruisers in the Royal Navy.




First class cruisers


Armoured cruisers were protected by a belt of side armour and an armoured deck. 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. 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. The first class cruiser was succeeded by the battlecruiser in the Royal Navy.

Shannon first class armoured cruiser, (1875) 5,670 tons, 2×10in, 7×9inch
Shannon (1875) – Sold 1899
Nelson class first class armoured cruiser, 7,473 tons, 4×10-inch, 6×9-inch
Nelson (1876) – Sold 1910
Northampton (1876) – Sold 1905
Imperieuse class first class armoured cruiser, 8,500 tons, 4×9.2inch, 10×6inch
Imperieuse (1883) – Sold 1913
Warspite (1884) – Sold 1905
Orlando class first class armoured cruiser, 5,600 tons, 2×9.2-inch, 10×6-inch
Orlando (1886) – Sold 1905
Australia (1886) – Sold 1905
Undaunted (1886) – Sold 1907
Narcissus (1886) – Sold 1906
Galatea (1887) – Sold 1905
Immortalite (1887) – Sold 1907
Aurora (1887) – Sold 1907
Blake class first class protected cruiser, 9,150 tons, 2 × 9.2-inch, 10 × 6-inch
Blake (1889) – Sold 1922
Blenheim (1890) – Sold 1926
Edgar class first class protected cruiser, 7,700 tons, 2× 9.2-inch, 10×6-inch
Edgar (1890) – Sold 1921
Hawke (1891) – Torpedoed 1914
Endymion (1891) – Sold 1920
Royal Arthur (1891) – Sold 1921
Gibraltar (1892) – Sold 1923
Grafton (1892) – Sold 1920
St George (1892) – Sold 1920
Theseus (1892) – Sold 1921
Crescent (1892) – Sold 1921
Powerful class first class protected cruiser, 14,200 tons, 2×9.2-inch, 12× 6-inch
Powerful (1895) – Sold 1929
Terrible (1895) – Sold 1932
Diadem class first class protected cruiser, 11,000 tons, 16× 6-inch
Diadem (1896) – Sold 1921
Niobe (1897) – To Canada as HMCS Niobe, BU 1922
Europa (1897) – Sold 1920
Andromeda (1897) – Sold 1956
Amphitrite (1898) – Sold 1920
Argonaut (1898) – Sold 1920
Ariadne (1898) – Torpedoed 1917
Spartiate (1898) – Sold 1932
Cressy class first class armoured cruiser, 12,000 tons, 2×9.2-inch, 12×6-in
Cressy (1899) – Torpedoed 1914
Sutlej (1899) – Sold 1924
Aboukir (1900) – Torpedoed 1914
Hogue (1900) – Torpedoed 1914
Bacchante (1901) – Sold 1920
Euryalus (1901) – Sold 1920
Drake class first class armoured cruiser, 14,150 tons, 2× 9.2-inch, 16×-6-inch
Drake (1901) – Torpedoed 1917
Good Hope (ex-Africa) (1901) – Sunk during the Battle of Coronel, 1914
King Alfred (1901) – Sold 1920
Leviathan (1901) – Sold 1920
Monmouth class first class armoured cruiser, 9,800 tons, 14× 6-inch
Monmouth (1901) – Sunk during the Battle of Coronel, 1914
Bedford (1901) – Wrecked on 21 August 1910 off Quelport Island in the China Sea
Essex (1901) – Sold 1921
Kent (1901) – Sold 1920
Berwick (1902) – Sold 1920
Cornwall (1902) – Sold 1920
Cumberland (1902) – Sold 1921
Donegal (1902) – Sold 1920
Lancaster (1902) – Sold 1920
Suffolk (1903) – Sold 1920
Devonshire class first class armoured cruiser, 10,850 tons, 4× 7.5-inch, 6× 6-inch
Devonshire (1904) – Sold 1921
Hampshire (1903) – Mined 1916
Carnarvon (1903) – Sold 1921
Antrim (1903) – Sold 1922
Roxburgh (1904) – Sold 1921
Argyll (1904) – Wrecked 1915
Duke of Edinburgh group first class armoured cruiser
Duke of Edinburgh class 13,550 tons, 6× 9.2-inch, 10× 6-inch
Duke of Edinburgh (1904) – Sold 1920
Black Prince (1904) – Sunk at the Battle of Jutland, 1916
Warrior class 13,550 tons, 6x 9.2-in, 4x 7.5-in
Warrior (1905) – Sunk at the Battle of Jutland, 1916
Cochrane (1905) – Wrecked 1918
Achilles (1905) – Sold 1921
Natal (1905) – Explosion 1915
Minotaur class first class armoured cruiser, 14,600 tons, 4× 9.2-inch, 10× 7.5-inch
Minotaur (1906) – Sold 1920
Shannon (1906) – Sold 1922
Defence (1907) – Sunk at the Battle of Jutland, 1916




Protected cruisers


Protected cruisers were so-called because their vital machinery spaces were protected by an armoured deck and the arrangement of coal bunkers. The ships below are all protected cruisers, but were rated as second and third class cruisers by the Royal Navy. The third class cruiser was not expected to operate with the fleet, was substantially smaller than the second class and lacked the watertight double-bottom of the latter. With the advent of turbine machinery, oil firing and better armour plate the protected cruiser became obsolete and was succeeded by the light cruiser.

Iris class second class cruiser, 3,730 tons, 10 × 64-pdr
Iris (1877) – Sold 1905
Mercury (1878) – Hulked 1914, sold 1919
Comus class third class cruiser, 2,380 tons (Constance 2,590 tons), 2 × 7 in + 12 × 64-pdr (except Comus 4 × 6 in + 8 × 64-pdr; Canada & Cordelia 10 × 6 in)
Comus (1878) – Sold 1904
Curacoa (1878) – Sold 1904
Champion (1878) – Sold 1919
Cleopatra (1878) – Sold 1931
Carysfort (1878) – Sold 1899
Conquest (1878) – Sold 1899
Constance (1880) – Sold 1899
Canada (1881) – Sold 1897
Cordelia (1881) – Sold 1904
Leander class second class cruiser, 4,300 tons, 10 × 6 in
Leander (1882) – Sold 1920
Arethusa (1882) – Sold 1905
Phaeton (1883) – Sold 1947
Amphion (1883) – Sold 1906
Calypso class third class cruiser, 2,770 tons, 4 × 6 in + 12 × 5 in
Calypso (1883) – Sold 1922
Calliope (1884) – Sold 1951 (drill ship from 1907)
Surprise class third class cruiser, 1,700 tons, 4 × 5 in
Surprise (1885) – Sold 1919
Alacrity (1885) – Sold 1913
Mersey class second class cruiser, 4,050 tons, 2 × 8 in, 10 × 6 in
Mersey (1885) – Sold 1905
Severn (1885) – Sold 1905
Thames (1885) – Renamed General Botha, scuttled 1947
Forth (1886) – Sold 1921
Scout class third class torpedo cruiser, 1,580 tons, 4 × 5 in
Scout (1885) – Sold 1904
Fearless (1886) – Sold 1905
Archer class third class torpedo cruiser, 1,770 tons, 6 × 6 in
Archer (1885) – Sold 1905
Mohawk (1886) – Sold 1905
Brisk (1886) – Sold 1906
Porpoise (1886) – Sold 1905
Cossack (1886) – Sold 1905
Tartar (1886) – Sold 1906
Serpent (1887) – Wrecked 1890
Racoon (1887) – Sold 1905
Marathon class second class cruiser, 2,850 tons, 6 × 6 in
Magicienne (1888) – Sold 1905
Medea (1888) – Sold 1914
Medusa (1888) – Sold 1920
Marathon (1888) – Sold 1905
Melpomene (1888) – Sold 1905
Barracouta class third class cruiser, 1,580 tons, 6 × 4.7 in
Barracouta (1889) – Sold 1905
Barrosa (1889) – Sold 1905
Blanche (1889) – Sold 1905
Blonde (1889) – Sold 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 tons, 8 × 4.7 in
Pandora (1889) – Sold 1906
Psyche (1889) – Sold 1906
Phoenix (1889) – Sold 1906
Pelorus (1889) – Sold 1906
Persian (1890) – Sold 1920
Pallas (1890) – Sold 1906
Phoebe (1890) – Sold 1906
Pearl (1890) – Sold 1906
Philomel (1890) – Sold 1947, scuttled 1949
Apollo class second class cruiser, 3,400 tons, 2 × 6 in, 6 × 4.7 in
Latona (1890) – Sold 1920
Melampus (1890) – Sold 1910
Andromache (1890) – Sold 1920
Sirius (1890) – Scuttled 1918
Terpsichore (1890) – Sold 1914
Naiad (1890) – Sold 1922
Pique (1890) – Sold 1911
Thetis (1890) – Scuttled 1918
Sybille (1890) – Wrecked 1901
Apollo (1891) – Sold 1920
Tribune (1891) – Sold 1911
Spartan (1891) – Renamed Defiance 1921, sold 1931
Indefatigable (1891) – Sold 1913
Rainbow (1891) – To Canada as HMCS Rainbow 1910; sold 1920
Sappho (1891) – Sold 1921
Intrepid (1891) – Scuttled 1918
Brilliant (1891) – Scuttled 1918
Retribution (1891) – Sold 1911
Scylla (1891) – Sold 1914
Aeolus (1891) – Sold 1914
Iphigenia (1891) – Scuttled 1918
Astraea class second class cruiser, 4,360 tons, 2 × 6 in, 8 × 4.7 in
Bonaventure (1892) – Sold 1920
Cambrian (1893) – Sold 1923
Astraea (1893) – Sold 1920
Charybdis (1893) – Sold 1922
Fox (1893) – Sold 1920
Hermione (1893) – Renamed Warspite, sold 1940
Flora (1893) – Renamed Indus II, sold 1922
Forte (1893) – Sold 1914
Eclipse class second class cruiser, 5,600 tons, 5 × 6 in, 6 × 4.7 in
Eclipse (1894) – Sold 1921
Talbot (1895) – Sold 1921
Venus (1895) – Sold 1921
Minerva (1895) – Sold 1920
Juno (1895) – Sold 1920
Diana (1895) – Sold 1920
Doris (1896) – Sold 1919
Dido (1896) – Sold 1926
Isis (1896) – Sold 1920
Arrogant class second class cruiser, 5,750 tons, 4 × 6 in, 6 × 4.7 in
Arrogant (1896) – Sold 1923
Furious (1896) – Renamed Forte 1915, sold 1923
Gladiator (1896) – Collision 1908, refloated, sold 1909
Vindictive (1897) – Scuttled 1918
Pelorus class third class cruiser, 2,135 tons, 8 × 4 in
Proserpine (1896) – Sold 1919
Pelorus (1896) – Sold 1920
Pactolus (1896) – Sold 1921
Pegasus (1897) – Sunk 1914
Perseus (1897) – Sold 1914
Pomone (1897) – Sold 1922
Pyramus (1897) – Sold 1920
Psyche (1898) – To Australia 1915; sold 1922; sank 1940
Prometheus (1898) – Sold 1914
Pioneer (1899) – To Australia 1912, scuttled 1931
Pandora (1900) – Sold 1913
Highflyer class second class cruiser, 5,650 tons, 11 × 6 in
Hermes (1898) – Torpedoed 1914
Highflyer (1898) – Sold 1921
Hyacinth (1898) – Sold 1923
Challenger class second class cruiser, 5,880 tons, 11 × 6 in
Challenger (1902) – Sold 1920
Encounter (1902) – To Australia 1912 as HMAS Encounter, renamed Penguin 1923, scuttled 1932
Topaze class third class cruiser, 3,000 tons, 12 × 4 in
Topaze (1903) – Sold 1921
Amethyst (1903) – Sold 1920
Diamond (1904) – Sold 1921
Sapphire (1904) – Sold 1921




Scout cruisers


The scout cruiser was a smaller, faster, more lightly armed and armoured cruiser than the protected cruiser, intended for fleet scouting duties and acting as a flotilla leader. Essentially there were two distinct groups – the eight vessels all ordered under the 1903 Programme, and the seven later vessels ordered under the 1907-1910 Programmes. The advent of better machinery and larger, faster destroyers and light cruisers effectively made them obsolete.

Sentinel class 2,880 tons, 10 × 12-pdr
Sentinel (1904) – Sold 1923
Skirmisher (1905) – Sold 1920
Adventure class 2,640 tons, 10 × 12-pdr
Adventure (1904) – Sold 1920
Attentive (1904) – Sold 1920
Forward class 2,860 tons, 10 × 12-pdr
Forward (1904) – Sold 1921
Foresight (1904) – Sold 1920
Pathfinder class 2,900 tons, 10 × 12-pdr
Pathfinder (1904) – Torpedoed 1914
Patrol (1904) – Sold 1920
Boadicea class 3,300 tons, 6 × 4in
Boadicea (1908) – Sold 1926
Bellona (1909) – Sold 1921
Blonde class 3,350 tons, 10 × 4in
Blonde (1910) – Sold 1920
Blanche (1909) – Sold 1921
Active class 3,440 tons, 10 × 4in
Active (1911) – Sold 1920
Amphion (1911) – Sunk 1914
Fearless (1912) – Sold 1921




Light cruisers


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 firing. The Arethusa class of 1913 were the first oil-only fired class. This meant that the arrangement of coal bunkers in the hull could no longer be relied upon as protection and the adoption of destroyer-type machinery resulted in a higher speed. This makes the Arethusas the first "true example" of the warship that came to be recognised as the light cruiser. In the London Naval Treaty of 1930, light cruisers were officially defined as cruisers having guns of 6.1 inches (155 mm) calibre or less, with a displacement not exceeding 10,000 tons.

Town class
Bristol group 4,800 tons, two 6-in & ten 4-in guns
Bristol (1910) – sold 1921
Glasgow (1910) – sold 1927
Gloucester (1910) – sold 1921
Liverpool (1910) – sold 1921
Newcastle (1910) – sold 1921
Weymouth group 5,250 tons, eight 6-in guns
Weymouth (1911) – sold 1928
Dartmouth (1911) – sold 1930
Falmouth (1911) – sunk 1916
Yarmouth (1912) – sold 1929
Chatham group 5,400 tons, eight 6-in guns
Chatham (1912) – sold 1926
Dublin (1913) – sold 1926
Southampton (1912) – sold 1926
HMAS Brisbane (1916) – sold 1936
HMAS Melbourne (1913) – sold 1929
HMAS Sydney (1913) – scrapped 1929
Birmingham group 5,440 tons, nine 6-in guns
Birmingham (1914) – sold 1931
Lowestoft (1914) – sold 1931
Nottingham (1914) – sunk 1916
HMAS Adelaide (1922) – sold 1949
Birkenhead group 5,185 tons, ten 5.5-in guns
Birkenhead (1915) – sold 1921
Chester (1916) – sold 1921
Arethusa class, 3,750 tons, two 6-in & six 4-in guns
Arethusa (1914) – wrecked 1916
Aurora (1914) – to Canada 1920; sold 1927
Galatea (1914) – sold 1921
Inconstant (1915) – sold 1922
Penelope (1914) – sold 1924
Phaeton (1915) – sold 1923
Royalist (1915) – sold 1922
Undaunted (1914) – sold 1923
C class
Caroline group 4,219 tons, two 6-in & eight 4-in guns
Caroline (1914) – museum ship 2016
Carysfort (1914) – sold 1931
Cleopatra (1915) – sold 1931
Comus (1914) – sold 1934
Conquest (1915) – sold 1930
Cordelia (1914) – sold 1923
Calliope group 4,228 tons, two 6-in & eight 4-in guns
Calliope (1914) – sold 1931
Champion (1915) – sold 1934
Cambrian group 4,320 tons, two 6-in & eight 4-in guns
Cambrian (1916) – sold 1934
Canterbury (1915) – sold 1934
Castor (1915) – sold 1936
Constance (1915) – sold 1936
Centaur group 4,165 tons, five 6-in guns
Centaur (1916) – sold 1934
Concord (1916) – sold 1935
Caledon group 4,180 tons, five 6-in guns
Caledon (1916) – sold 1948
Calypso (1917) – torpedoed 1940
Cassandra (1916) – struck a mine 1918
Caradoc (1916) – sold 1946
Ceres group 4,190 tons, five 6-in guns
Cardiff (1917) – sold 1946
Ceres (1917) – scrapped 1946
Coventry (1917) – sunk 1942
Curacoa (1917) – sunk in collision 1942
Curlew (1917) – bombed 1940
Carlisle group 4,290 tons, five 6-in guns
Cairo (1918) – torpedoed 1942
Calcutta (1919) – bombed in 1941
Capetown (1919) – sold 1946
Carlisle (1918) – scrapped 1949
Colombo (1918) – sold 1948
Danae class 4,850 tons, six 6-in guns
Danae (1918) – scrapped 1948
Dauntless (1918) – scrapped 1946
Dragon (1918) – scuttled 1944
Delhi (1919) – sold 1948
Dunedin (1919) – torpedoed 1941
Durban (1921) – scuttled 1944
Despatch (1922) – sold 1946
Diomede (1922) – sold 1946
Emerald class 7,580 tons, seven 6-in guns
Emerald (1926) – sunk as target 1947; scrapped 1948
Enterprise (1926) – sold 1946
Leander class
Leander group 7,200 tons, eight 6-in guns
HMNZS Achilles (1933) – to the Indian Navy 1948 as the INS Delhi; scrapped 1978
Ajax (1935) – scrapped 1949
HMNZS Leander (1933) – sold 1949
Neptune (1934) – struck a mine 1941
Orion (1934) – sold 1949
Amphion group 6,900 tons, eight 6-in guns
Amphion (1936) – to Royal Australian Navy 1939 as HMAS Perth – torpedoed 1942
Apollo (1936) – to RAN 1938 as HMAS Hobart; sold 1962
Phaeton (1935) – to RAN 1935 as HMAS Sydney – sunk 1941
Arethusa class 5,220 tons, six 6-in guns
Arethusa (1935) – scrapped 1950
Aurora (1937) – Sold to Republic of China Navy 1948; to People's Republic of China 1949; sunk 1949
Galatea (1935) – torpedoed 1941
Penelope (1936) – torpedoed 1944
Town class
Southampton group 9,100 tons, 12 6-in guns
Southampton (1937) – sunk 1941
Birmingham (1937) – scrapped 1960
Glasgow (1937) – sold 1958
Newcastle (1937) – sold 1959
Sheffield (1937) – scrapped 1967
Gloucester group 9,400 tons, 12 6-in guns
Gloucester (1939) – bombed 1941
Liverpool (1938) – sold 1958
Manchester (1938) – sunk 1942
Edinburgh group 10,565 tons, 12 6-in guns
Edinburgh (1939) – sunk 1942
Belfast (1939) – Currently a museum ship in London
Dido class
Dido group 5,600 tons, ten 5.25-in guns
Bonaventure (1940) – torpedoed 1941
Dido (1940) – scrapped 1957
Hermione (1941) – torpedoed 1942
Naiad (1940) – torpedoed 1942
Phoebe (1940) – scrapped 1956
Euryalus (1941) – scrapped 1959
Sirius (1942) – scrapped 1956
Charybdis (1941) – torpedoed 1943
Cleopatra (1941) – scrapped 1958
Scylla (1942) – scrapped 1950
Argonaut (1942) – scrapped 1955
Bellona group 5,770 tons, eight 5.25-in guns
Bellona (1943) – to Royal New Zealand Navy 1946; scrapped 1959
Black Prince (1943) – to Royal New Zealand Navy 1946; scrapped 1962
Diadem (1943) – to Pakistani Navy 1956 as PNS Babur; scrapped 1985
Royalist (1943) – to Royal New Zealand Navy 1956; scrapped 1967
Spartan (1943) – bombed 1944
Fiji class
Fiji group 8,525 tons, 12 6-in guns
Bermuda (1942) – scrapped 1965
Fiji (1940) – bombed 1941
Gambia (1942) – scrapped 1968
Jamaica (1942) – sold 1960
Kenya (1940) – scrapped 1955
Mauritius (1941) – scrapped 1962
Nigeria (1940) – to Indian Navy as INS Mysore 1957; scrapped 1986
Trinidad (1941) – bombed 1942
Ceylon group 8,875 tons, nine 6-in guns
Ceylon (1943) – to Peruvian Navy as BAP Coronel Bolognesi 1960; scrapped 1985
Newfoundland (1943) – to Peruvian Navy as BAP Capitán Quiñones 1959; scrapped 1979
Uganda (1943) – scrapped 1955 Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Quebec 1944; scrapped 1961
Minotaur class 8,800 tons, nine 6-in guns
Swiftsure (1944) – scrapped 1962
Minotaur (1945) – to Royal Canadian Navy 1945 as Ontario 1944; scrapped 1960
Superb (1945)– scrapped 1960
Tiger class 11,700 tons, four 6-in & six 3-in guns. Laid down during World War II as Minotaur-class ships
Tiger (1959) – scrapped 1986
Lion (1960) – sold 1975
Blake (1961) – sold 1982




Heavy cruisers


The heavy cruiser was defined in the London Naval Treaty of 1930 as a cruiser with a main gun calibre more than 6 inches but not exceeding 8 inches. The earlier Hawkins class were therefore retrospectively classified as such, although they had been initially built as "improved light cruisers". The County were built as light cruisers with most of them in service at the time of the Treaty of London, after which they were also redesignated as heavy cruisers. A further three Countys were cancelled. The York class was a reduced version of the County to build more ships within tonnage limits.

Hawkins class (also known as Cavendish) or 9,860 tons, 7x 7.5-inch
Cavendish (1918) – completed as aircraft carrier Vindictive, converted to cruiser in 1925, to training ship 1937; scrapped 1946
Hawkins (1919) – scrapped 1947
Raleigh (1920) – wrecked 1922
Frobisher (1924) – scrapped 1949
Effingham (1925) – wrecked 1940
County class, 8x 8-inch
Kent group 10,570 tons
Cumberland (1928) – scrapped 1959
Berwick (1928) – scrapped 1948
Cornwall (1928) – bombed 1942
Suffolk (1928) – scrapped 1948
Kent (1928) – scrapped 1948
Australia (1928) – Royal Australian Navy, scrapped 1955
Canberra (1928) – Royal Australian Navy, torpedoed 1942
London group 9,830 tons
London (1929) – scrapped 1950
Devonshire (1929) – scrapped 1954
Shropshire (1929) – to Royal Australian Navy 1943, scrapped 1955
Sussex (1929) – scrapped 1950
Norfolk group 10,300 tons
Norfolk (1930) – scrapped 1950
Dorsetshire (1930) – sunk by dive bombers in Far East 1942
York class modified County design 8,250 tons, 6x 8-inch
York (1930) – damaged by explosive motor boats, salvage abandoned and wrecked 1941, scrapped 1952
Exeter (1931) – sunk 1942, Far East




Large light cruisers


The "large light cruisers" were a pet project of Admiral Fisher to operate in shallow Baltic Sea waters and they are often classed as a form of battlecruiser.

Courageous or Glorious class
Glorious group 19,320 tons, 4 × 15 in, 18 × 4 in
Glorious (77) (1916) – converted to aircraft carrier 1924–1930; sunk 1940
Courageous (50) (1916) – converted to aircraft carrier 1924–1928; sunk 1939
Furious 19,513 tons, 2 × 18 in, 11 × 5.5 in
Furious (47) (1917) – completed as aircraft carrier; sold 1948




Minelaying cruisers


These "minelaying cruisers" were the only purpose-built oceangoing minelayers of the Royal Navy. The Abdiel class could reach 38 knots and in practice were used as fast transports to supply isolated garrisons, such as those at Malta and Tobruk.

Adventure 6,740 tons, 4 × 4.7 in
Adventure (M23) (1926) – converted to repair ship 1944, scrapped 1947
Abdiel class
1938 group 2,650 tons, 6 × 4 in
Abdiel (M39) (1941) – sunk in Taranto Bay 1943
Latona (M76) (1941) – sunk off Libya 1941
Manxman (M70) (1941) – scrapped 1972
Welshman (M84) (1941) – sunk off Crete 1943
Wartime Emergency Programme group 2,650 tons, 4 × 4 in
Ariadne (M65) (1944) – scrapped 1965
Apollo (M01) (1944) – scrapped 1962




Helicopter cruisers


Two ships of the Tiger-class were rebuilt to each operate four helicopters. Tiger (C20) and Blake (C99) served for part of the 1970s before they were withdrawn from service.




Through-deck cruisers


Although at times called "through-deck cruisers", the Invincible class of the 1980s were small aircraft carriers.




See also


List of cruisers

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy
• List of ship names of the Royal Navy
• List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
• List of cruisers
• List of ship names of the Royal Navy (A)
• List of cruiser classes of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• List of equipment of the Royal Navy
• List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
• List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy
• List of squadrons and flotillas of the Royal Navy