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• First Class Protected Cruiser
  ...e deck. The type was often developed in alternation with early [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]], which were of similar displacement but featured armour ...d third class were smaller – apportioned more like the later [[Light Cruiser]].
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• Third Class Protected Cruiser
  ...f protection for shipping. They were similar in size to the later [[Light Cruiser]] type. * [[:Category:Third Class Protected Cruiser|List of third class protected cruisers]]
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• Second Class Protected Cruiser
  ...to the more humble [[Third Class Protected Cruiser]] and the later [[Light Cruiser]] type. ...tegory:Second Class Protected Cruiser Class|List of second class protected cruiser classes]]
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• William Blake Fisher
  On 11 January, 1897, he was appointed in command of the torpedo cruiser [[H.M.S. Cossack (1886)|''Cossack'']].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" ...y. From 16 July to 26 August 1901, he commanded the first-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)|''Amphitrite'']] in the annual manœuvres. Afte
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• H.M.S. Raglan (1915)
  ...hips were required either in the Grand Fleet or on patrol duties, so a new class of ship, with a shallow draught for inshore work and a requisite small numb ...name Robert E. Lee in February, 1915 - the names of the four ships of the class being American Civil War Generals to reflect the guns background. The monit
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• Gem Class Cruiser (1903)
  ...ed in 1904 and 1905. They were occasionally referred to as the ''Topaze'' class. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)
  The two cruisers of the '''''Challenger'' class''' were completed in 1904 and 1905. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty
  ...43}}. f. 156.</ref> On 25 October he was transferred to the new armoured cruiser [[H.M.S. Suffolk (1903)|''Suffolk'']] in the Mediterranean. He was discipl ...g George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the
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• Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss
  ...the annual manœuvres. On 5 November he was appointed to the second-class cruiser [[H.M.S. Astræa (1893)|''Astræa'']] in the Mediterranean as First Lieuten ...e was appointed Commander (Second-in-Command) of the first-class protected cruiser [[H.M.C.S. Niobe (1897)|''Niobe'']], Captain [[Alfred Leigh Winsloe|Alfred
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• Jutland:Preliminaries
  ...the Firth of Forth to intercept Vice Admiral Sir [[David Beatty]] [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] as it left [[Rosyth]]. Another U-boat would force her way into the ...utland had heavier guns than the Germans, but the German ships were better protected.
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• William Thomas Sampson
  ...tates Naval Academy]] on 24 September, 1857. After graduating first in his class four years later, he served as an instructor at the Academy. In 1864, he be ...to fit out {{US-SanFrancisco}}, and assumed command when that [[protected cruiser]] was commissioned on 15 November, 1889. He was detached in June, 1892 to
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• Chatham Royal Dockyard
  |{{UK-1Conqueror|f=p}}||second class battleship||8 Sep, 1881||Sold 1907 |{{UK-1Calypso|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||7 Jun, 1883||Sold 1922
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• William Henry White
  ...ed with armour as in previous vessels. The lower portions of the ends were protected by strong under-water decks, but cork buoyancy was not provided. This desig ...at the sides. For many years this remained the accepted type of Admiralty cruiser, culminating in 1894 (after White had become director of naval construction
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• Hugh Evan-Thomas
  ...On 22 March, 1882 Evan-Thomas was promoted Acting {{SubRN}} with a First-Class pass in Seamanship<ref name=Record105/> and at Corfu he left ''Bacchante'' ...1884, having attained second class passes in torpedo, gunnery and a first class pass in pilotage.<ref name=Record105/>
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• Gerald William Vivian
  ...r (1863)|''Minotaur'']]. Vivian was on 22 February, 1895 appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer On 21 March, 1902 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the cruiser {{UK-Amphitrite}}. On 3 April he was transferred to the battleship {{UK-Ve
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• Zenta Class Cruiser (1897)
  The three '''Zenta Class Cruisers''' were protected cruisers completed between 1899 and 1901. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
  |{{UK-1Surprise|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||17 Jan, 1885||Sold 1919 |{{UK-Alacrity|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||28 Feb, 1885||Sold 1913
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• Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford
  ...are only equalled by his daring". He was appointed a Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the ...0 tons weight, and over three days arranged to successfully tow the French cruiser into deep water, assisted by a small Turkish warship.<ref>''Navy & Army Ill
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• Cecil Irby Prowse
  ..., 1901.{{Gaz|27335|4780|19 July, 1901}} On 6 July he was appointed to the cruiser [[H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)|''Amphitrite'']] for the annual manœuvres. He ...[[Royal Naval War College|War Course]] at Portsmouth, being adjudged First Class.<ref>ADM 203/99. f. 9.</ref> From 16 May to 1 August he was appointed to
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• Robert Falcon Scott
  .../ref> He left the training ship in July, 1883, passing out seventh in his class.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 6/469.}}</ref> On 24 July he was appointed to the corvette Having obtained a First Class certificate in Seamanship with 980 marks (out of a thousand) he was promote
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• Robert Archibald James Montgomerie
  On 15 June, 1877, Montgomerie was awarded the Albert Medal of the Second Class. An account of the action leading to the awarding of the medal reads: ...ueen's birthday, Montgomerie was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) on
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• George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet
  ...dron. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1901. After command of a cruiser squadron he was given command of the [[Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)| ...ille.{{Gaz|24780|6314|7 November, 1879}} On 31 July, 1879 he took a First Class certificate in his Seamanship examination and was promoted Acting {{SubRN}}
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• Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen
  ..., and read history at Trinity College, Oxford (1884–8), gaining a second-class degree in modern history in 1888.<ref>Sumida. ''Oxford Dictionary of Natio ...e shoot at sea. Accordingly, he went afloat in the second-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Dido (1896)|''Dido'']].<ref>Sumida. ''In Defence of Naval Suprema
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• Pelham Aldrich
  Aldrich was appointed in command of the first-class protected cruiser {{UK-Hawke}} on 16 May, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official
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• H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)
  The September 1863 intake term added, for the first time, Second-Class Naval Cadetships, which had been authorized by new regulations distributed ...ths seniority, six months for a Second-Class pass, and nothing for a Third-Class. Naval Cadets were supposed to be discharged to a sea-going training ship
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• H.M.S. Blake (1889)
  ...r '''H.M.S. ''Blake''''' one of two [[Blake Class Cruiser (1889)|''Blake'' class cruisers]] completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the {{Footer Blake Class Cruiser (1889)}}
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• Kaiser Franz Josef I Class Cruiser (1889)
  ...I Class Cruisers''' were [[:Category:Second_Class_Protected_Cruiser_Class|protected cruisers]] completed in 1890 and 1892. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Devonport Royal Dockyard
  |{{UK-Serpent|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||10 Mar, 1887||Wrecked 10 Nov, 1890 |{{UK-1Racoon|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||6 May, 1887||Sold 1905
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• Sheerness Royal Dockyard
  |{{UK-Barracouta|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||16 May, 1889||Sold 1905 |{{UK-1Brilliant|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||24 Jun, 1891||Blockship 23 Apr, 1918
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• Pembroke Royal Dockyard
  |{{UK-1Shannon|f=p}}||armoured cruiser||11 Nov, 1875||Sold Dec, 1899 |{{UK-1Iris|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||12 Apr, 1877|| 1905
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• Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
  |{{AH-Panther|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||13 Jun, 1885||Broken up 1920 |{{AH-Leopard|f=p}}||torpedo cruiser||10 Sep, 1885||Broken up 1920
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• Vickers
  |{{UK-Latona|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||22 May, 1890||Sold 22 Dec, 1920 |{{UK-1Melampus|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||2 Aug, 1890||Sold 1910
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• Navyphone
  A brass navyphone recovered from a wreck of a Royal Navy armoured cruiser by a Dutch diver in the modern era may loosely be taken as an example. Lik ...the microphone through which the local user would speak; it may have been protected by a light mesh which corroded away before restoration work began. The bra
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• The Cruiser in the Royal Navy
  ==Protected Cruiser== ...ss Corvette (1878)|''Comus'' class corvettes]] in the late 1880s. In this class it comprised a 1.5 inch armoured deck three feet below the waterline stretc
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• H.M.S. Furious (1896)
  ...r [[Arrogant Class Cruiser (1896)|''Arrogant'' Class]] [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]]. {{Footer Arrogant Class Cruiser (1896)}}
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• Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)
  The six [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''''Cressy'' Class''' were completed between 1901 and 1904. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Diadem Class Cruiser (1896)
  The eight [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Diadem'' Class''' were completed between 1898 and 1903. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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• Powerful Class Cruiser (1895)
  The two [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Powerful'' Class''' were completed in 1897 and 1898. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)
  ...1893 and 1896. They were occasionally referred to as the '''''Crescent'' Class'''. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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• Blake Class Cruiser (1889)
  The two [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''''Blake'' Class''' were completed in 1892 and 1894. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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• Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
  |{{UK-1Colossus|f=p}}||second class battleship||1882||Sold 1908 |{{UK-1Calliope|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||24 Jul, 1884||Sold 1951
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• Light Cruiser
  ...compromises: the [[Second Class Cruiser|Second Class]] and [[Third Class Cruiser]]s. ...nated as Scouts, Protected Cruisers Second and Third Class, and Unarmoured Cruiser, would be designated as "Light Cruisers."<ref>The National Archives. ADM 1
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• Armoured Cruiser
  ...ly '''Cruiser''' and then '''1st Class Cruiser''' or '''1st Class Armoured Cruiser''') is a generic term for a fast ship that gained its speed at the expense ...Royal Navy decreed that "Armoured Cruisers" and "Protected Cruisers First Class" should be collectively termed "Cruisers". The new naming scheme was to ap
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• Tenth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
  The '''Tenth Cruiser Squadron''' was also known as '''Cruiser Force B''' from 1914. <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron" nat="UK">
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• Charles Gauntlett Dicken
  He was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser {{UK-RoyalArthur}} dated 4 November, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligen
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• North America and West Indies Station
  ...s flag-ship, a first-class protected cruiser, and certain second and third-class cruisers. The Board have decided to withdraw from the station the less eff ...er training.<br><br>Under this arrangement it is estimated that the Fourth Cruiser Squadron will be cruising for 30 weeks, and will be at Home for 22 weeks.<b
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• Robert Henry Simpson Stokes
  ...January, 1899}} He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Eclipse (1894)|''Eclipse'']] on 30 May, 1901.<ref>"Naval & Militar
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• George Morris Henderson
  He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Sirius (1890)|''Sirius'']] dated 9 November, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Mi ...f the King's visit to Malta Henderson was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 27 April, 1903.{{Gaz|27560|3525|2
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• H.M.S. Dido (1896)
  ...d as one of nine [[Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)|''Eclipse'']] second-class protected cruisers in 1898, she served in the Great War with the [[Royal Navy]] as a ...nt at completion is given under [[Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)|''Eclipse'' Class]].
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• Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)
  ...of the '''''Eclipse'' Class''' (sometimes referred to as the '''''Talbot'' class''') were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] between 1896 and 1898. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl
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• On the Present Position of Cruisers in Naval Warfare
  In order to avoid exaggerating the importance of any class of war-ship and to truly exhibit the functions it is called upon to perform ...As an example, the ''Vernon'' frigate may be compared with the third-class cruiser ''Pearl'' of nearly the same displacement.
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• H.M.S. Powerful (1895)
  ...ad ship of a [[Powerful Class Cruiser (1895)|two-ship class of first-class protected cruisers]] completed in the late 1890s. ...rtsmouth for the China station on her first commission. She is the largest cruiser in the world on active service. Great importance was attached to her commis
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• Mersey Class Cruiser (1885)
  Four second-class protected cruisers of the '''''Mersey'' class''' were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] between 1887 and 1889. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:
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