List of cruisers

This is a list of cruisers, from 1860 to the present. It includes protected, light, armoured, battle-, heavy and missile cruisers. Dates are launching dates.

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Argentina

Patagonia (1885)
Necochea (1890) - Renamed Veinticinco de Mayo
Nueve de Julio (1892)
Buenos Aires (1895)
Patria (1893) light cruiser of the British Dryad class BU 1927
Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi class
- Garibaldi (1895)
- San Martín (1896)
- General Belgrano (1896)
- Pueyrredón (1897)
Presidente Sarmiento (before 1901, when it visited Gibraltar^[1])
Veinticinco de Mayo class
- Veinticinco de Mayo (1929) - BU 1962
- Almirante Brown (1929) - BU 1962
La Argentina (1937) - BU 1974
Brooklyn class
- Nueve de Julio (1951) - Scrapped 1978
- General Belgrano (1951) - Sunk 1982 in the Falklands War

Australia

Small cruisers

Protector (1883/84, South Australia) - Abandoned aground c. 1943
Encounter (1902) - Scuttled 1932
British Chatham class
- Sydney (1912) - BU 1929
- Melbourne (1912) - BU 1929
- Brisbane (1915) - Sold for BU 1936
- Adelaide (1918) - BU 1949

Light cruisers

British Leander (Apollo) class
- Perth (1934) - Sunk 1942
- Sydney (1934) - Sunk 1941
- Hobart (1934) - BU 1962

Battlecruiser

Australia (1911) - Scuttled 1924

Heavy cruisers

British County class
- Australia (1927) - BU 1955
- Canberra (1927) - Sunk 1942
- Shropshire (1927) - BU 1955

Austria-Hungary

Armored cruisers

Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia (1895)
Kaiser Karl VI (1898)
Sankt Georg (1903)

Protected cruisers

Kaiser Franz Joseph I class
- Kaiser Franz Joseph I
- Kaiserin Elisabeth

Light cruisers

Zenta class
- Zenta
- Aspern
- Szigetvár
Admiral Spaun (1910)
Novara class
- Saida (1914)
- Helgoland (1914)
- Novara (1915)

Torpedo cruisers

Leopard class
- Leopard
- Panther
Tiger
Lussin

Brazil

Almirante Tamandaré (1890), named after the Marquis of Tamandaré
Benjamin Constant (1892)
Republica (1892)
Almirante Barroso (1896)
Bahia class
- Bahia (1910) - Lost 1945
- Rio Grande do Sul (1910) - BU 1948
Brooklyn class
- Almirante Barroso (1951) - later renamed Barroso
St. Louis class
- Almirante Tamandaré (1951) - later renamed Tamandaré

Canada

Protected cruiser

British Apollo class
- Rainbow (1891, ex-British Rainbow, obtained 1910) - Sold 1920
British Diadem class
- Niobe (1897, ex-British Niobe, obtained 1910) - BU 1922

Light cruisers

British Arethusa class
- Aurora
British Crown Colony class
- Uganda (1941) - Renamed Quebec, BU 1961
British Minotaur class
- Ontario (was HMS Minotaur) (1943) - BU 1960

Chile

(Arturo Prat) (1880) - To Japan before delivery, renamed Tsukushi, BU 1910?
Esmeralda (1883) - To Japan, renamed Izumi, discarded 1912
Presidente Errazuriz class
- Presidente Errazuriz (1890) - Discarded c. 1920
- Presidente Pinto (1890) - Discarded c. 1910
Blanco Encalada (1893) - Discarded 1946
Ministro Zenteno (1896) - Discarded 1931
Chacabuco (1898) - Stricken 1959

Armored cruisers

Esmeralda (1895) - Discarded 1929
O'Higgins (1897) - Discarded 1946/54

Light cruisers

China

Chaoyong docked at Weihaiwei

Hai Chi on 11 September 1911 in New York City

Hai Chi on 11 September 1911 in New York City

Chaoyung class
- Chaoyong (1880) - Sunk 1894
- Yangwei (1881) - Sunk 1894
Jiyuan (1883) - Captured by Japan 1895, renamed Sai Yen, mined 1904
Kai Che class
- Kai Che (1882) - Explosion 1902
- King Ch'ing (1886)
- Huan T'ai (1886) - Collision 1902
Nan Thin class
- Nan Thin (1883)
- Nan Shuin (1884)
- Fu Ch'ing (1893) - Storm 1898
Chih Yuan class
- Chih Yuen (1886) - Sunk 1894
- Ching Yuen (1886) - Sunk 1895
King Yuan class
- King Yuen (1887) - Sunk 1894
- Laiyuan (1887) - Sunk 1895
Lung Wei (1888) - Renamed Ping Yuen
Tung Chi class
- Tung Chi (1895) - Sunk 1937
- Fu An (1894)
Hai Tien class, 4,300 ton, Armstrong
- Hai Tien (1897) - Sunk 1904
- Hai Chi (1898) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river ^[2]
Hai Yung class
- Hai Yung (1897) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river
- Hai Chou (1897) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river
- Hai Shen (1898) "Pearl of the Sea" - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river ^[2]
Chao Ho class
- Chao Ho (1912) - Sunk 1937.
- Ying Swei (1913) - Sunk 1937.
Ning Hai class
- Ning Hai (1931) - Sunk 1937. Re-floated by Japan and renamed Ioshima, Sunk by USS Shad.
- Ping Hai (1931) - Sunk 1937. Re-floated by Japan and renamed Yasoshima. Sunk by US aircraft attack.
Chung King class
- Chung King (1948) - Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy HMS Aurora, sold on 19 May 1948 to the Nationalist Chinese Navy, Defected to Chinese Communists and then sunk by Nationalist aircraft in 1949, Continued in service as an accommodations and warehouse hulk until mid-1950s

Denmark

Fyen (1882)
Valkyrien (1888)
Hekla (1890)
Gejser class
- Gejser (1892)
- Heimdal (1894)

France

Main article: List of French cruisers

Germany

Greece

Navarchos Miaoulis

Amalia (1861) - Renamed Hellas 1862, BU 1906
Navarchos Miaoulis (1879) - Sold 1931
Elli (1912, purchased 1914) - Torpedoed by Italian submarine 1940
Giorgios Averof (1910) - Italian Pisa class, preserved at Faliro as museum
Elli II (1935, ex-Italian Eugenio di Savoia, obtained in 1951 as war reparations) - Stricken 1964

Haití

Triumph - (ex-USS Atlanta), sunk in heavy seas 1869

India

Delhi (purchased 1948), decommissioned, the former British Leander class HMNZS Achilles
Mysore (purchased 1957), decommissioned , the former British Crown Colony class HMS Nigeria

Italy

Main article: List of Italian cruisers

Japan

Main article: List of cruisers of Japan

Netherlands

Main article: List of cruisers of the Netherlands

New Zealand

Achilles - Formerly British Achilles
Leander - Formerly British Leander
Royalist - Formerly British Royalist

Norway

Protected cruisers

Viking (1891)
Frithjof (1896)

Pakistan

Babur (purchased 1956), the former British Dido-class cruiser HMS Diadem, renamed Jahangir, c. 1961

Peru

Former merchant ships

Sócrates class (ex-Portuguese)
- Sócrates (1880) - Renamed Lima
- Diógenes (1881) - Renamed Callao, not delivered, purchased by the United States in 1889 as USS Topeka

Light cruisers

Almirante Grau class
- Almirante Grau (1906)
- Coronel Bolognesi (1906)
Crown Colony class
- Coronel Bolognesi (1942, ex-British HMS Ceylon)
- Capitán Quiñones (1941, ex-British HMS Newfoundland)
De Zeven Provinciën class
- Almirante Grau (1944, ex-Dutch HNLMS De Ruyter)
- Aguirre (1950, ex-Dutch HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën)

Poland

British D class
- Dragon
- Conrad

Portugal

Adamastor (1896) - Sold 1933
São Gabriel class
- São Gabriel (1898) - Disposed of 1924
- São Rafael (1898) - Wrecked 1923
Dom Carlos I (1898) - Renamed Candido Reis 1910, disposed of 1923
Rainha Dona Amélia (1899) - Renamed República 1910, wrecked 1915
Vasco da Gama (1901) - Disposed of 1936
Carvalho Araújo class - Flower-class sloops re-rated as cruisers
- Carvalho Araújo (1921) - Disposed of 1959
- República II (1921) - Disposed of 1943

Romania

Protected cruiser

Elisabeta (1888)

Russia/USSR

Main article: List of cruisers of the Russian Navy

Spain

Main article: List of Spanish cruisers

Sweden

Armoured cruiser

Fylgia (1905) - Sold for BU 1957

Seaplane cruiser

Gotland (1933) - converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser^[3] - BU 1963

Light cruisers

Tre Kronor class converted to anti-aircraft cruisers^[3]
- Tre Kronor (1944)
- Göta Lejon (1945)

Mine cruiser

Älvsnabben (1943)
Clas Fleming

Torpedo cruisers

Claes Horn
Claes Uggla
Jacob Bagge
Psilander
Örnen

Turkey/Ottoman Empire

Battlecruisers

Yavuz Sultan Selim (ex-German Goeben) (1912) -purchased 1914, BU 1974

Unprotected cruisers

Lütf-ü Hümanyun (1892) - BU 1911
Heibetnuma (1892) - BU 1911
Feyzâ-i Bahri class
- Feyzâ-i Bahri (unfinished)
- Şadiye (unfinished)
Hüdâvendigâr class
- Hüdâvendigâr (unfinished)
- Selimiye (unfinished)

Protected cruisers

Hamidiye (Abdul Hamid) (1903) - BU 1947
Mecidiye (1903) - captured by Russian 1915, restored 1918, BU 1948

Light cruisers

Midilli (ex-German Breslau ) (1912) - purchased 1914, mined 1918

Torpedo cruisers

Peyk-i Şevket class
- Peyk-i Şevket (1906)
- Berk-i Satvet (1906)

United Kingdom

United States

See List of cruisers of the United States Navy

Uruguay

Protected cruisers

Montevideo (ex-Italian Dogali) (1885) - purchased 1908, decommissioned 1932

Yugoslavia

Dalmacija (the former German SMS Niobe)

References

↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 20 December 1901. (36643), p. 5.
1 2 "Flag, Pearl & Peace". Time magazine. July 17, 1933. Retrieved 2010-12-18. The cruiser Hai Chi ("Flag of the Sea") earned in 1911 the distinction of being the first Chinese war boat ever to visit the West when she steamed as near as possible to the Coronation of King George V, discharged a cargo of Chinese emissaries in gorgeous silken robes. Built in 1897 the Hai Chi and the equally venerable Hai Shen ("Pearl of the Sea") were still listed last week as the only cruisers in China's Northeastern Squadron.
1 2 Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96

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