Ship Type

Cruiser

Parent Type: Surface Combatants

Explore the history of cruisers.

Cruisers were medium-sized warships designed for scouting

Classes in this Type Tree

Other / Unspecified (1)

York-class cruiser

Ships in this Type Tree

Decommissioned (48)

HMS Frobisher (1915) – Hawkins-class cruiser
HMS Hawkins (1917) – Hawkins-class cruiser
HMS Vindictive (1918) – Hawkins-class cruiser
HMS Effingham (1919) – Hawkins-class cruiser
HMS Cumberland (1926) – County-class cruiser
HMS Suffolk (55) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Berwick (65) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Devonshire (39) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Norfolk (55) – County-class cruiser county
HMS London (69) – County-class cruiser county
HMS York (1928) – York-class cruiser
HMS Shropshire (73) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Sussex (96) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Exeter (1929) – York-class cruiser
HMS Birmingham (1936) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Glasgow (1936) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Newcastle (1936) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Sheffield (1936) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Southampton (1936) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Newcastle (16) – Town-class cruiser town
HMS Birmingham (32) – Town-class cruiser town
HMS Gloucester (1937) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Manchester (1937) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Liverpool (11) – Town-class cruiser town
HMS Edinburgh (1938) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Liverpool (1938) – Town-class cruiser
HMS Dido (1939) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Euryalus (1939) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Fiji (1939) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Kenya (1939) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Mauritius (1939) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Naiad (1939) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Nigeria (1939) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Phoebe (1939) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Kenya (14) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Euryalus (42) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Nigeria (60) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Mauritius (80) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Cleopatra (1940) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Jamaica (1940) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Sirius (1940) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Trinidad (1940) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Jamaica (44) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Gambia (48) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Sirius (82) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Scylla (98) – Dido-class cruiser
HMS Bermuda (1941) – Crown Colony-class cruiser
HMS Bermuda (30) – Crown Colony-class cruiser

Lost (7)

HMS Cornwall (56) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Dorsetshire (40) – County-class cruiser county
HMS Southampton (83) – Town-class cruiser town
HMS Manchester (15) – Town-class cruiser town
HMS Gloucester (62) – Town-class cruiser town
HMS Fiji (58) – Fiji-class cruiser
HMS Charybdis (88) – Dido-class cruiser