Ship Type
Light Cruiser
Learn about light cruisers.
Light cruisers were fast scouting and screening warships with medium-calibre guns.
Classes in this Type Tree
Cold War (1)
- Tiger-class cruiser – 3 built
Interwar / WWII (1)
- Leander-class cruiser – 8 built
WWII (4)
- Arethusa-class cruiser – 4 built
- Crown Colony-class cruiser – 11 built
- Dido-class cruiser – 16 built
- Fiji-class cruiser – 11 built
Ships in this Type Tree
Decommissioned (13)
- HMS Arethusa (1913) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Aurora (1913) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Galatea (1914) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Inconstant (1914) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Leander (1931) – Leander-class cruiser
- HMS Achilles (1932) – Leander-class cruiser
- HMS Orion (1932) – Leander-class cruiser
- HMS Neptune (1933) – Leander-class cruiser
- HMS Ajax (1934) – Leander-class cruiser
- HMS Arethusa (1934) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Aurora (1934) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Galatea (1934) – Arethusa-class cruiser
- HMS Penelope (1935) – Arethusa-class cruiser