This is a list of cruisers, from 1860 to the present. It includes torpedo, unprotected, protected, scout, light, armoured, battle-, heavy and missile cruisers. Dates are launching dates.
Africa
editSouth Africa
edit- Protected cruiser
- SATS General Botha (1885, ex-HMS Thames) - Assigned 1922, scuttled 1947.
Americas
editArgentina
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- Torpedo cruiser
- Patria (1893) - Decommissioned 1927
- Protected cruisers
- Patagonia (1886) - Decommissioned 1927
- Necochea (1890) - Renamed Veinticinco de Mayo, decommissioned 1921
- Nueve de Julio (1892) - Discarded 1930
- Buenos Aires (1895) - Retired 1932
- Armored cruisers
- Giuseppe Garibaldi class
- Garibaldi (1895) - Retired 1934
- San Martín (1896) - Retired 1935
- General Belgrano (1897) - Retired 1947
- Pueyrredón (1897) - Retired 1954
- Bernardino Rivadavia (1902) - Sold to Japan before delivery 1904, renamed Kasuga, discarded 1945
- Mariano Moreno (1903) - Sold to Japan before delivery 1904, renamed Nisshin, retired 1935
- Heavy cruisers
- Veinticinco de Mayo class
- Veinticinco de Mayo (1929) - Scrapped 1960
- Almirante Brown (1929) - Scrapped 1962
- Light cruisers
- La Argentina (1937) - Retired 1972
- Brooklyn class
- Nueve de Julio (1936, ex-USS Boise) - Assigned 1951, retired 1977
- General Belgrano (1938, ex-USS Phoenix) - Assigned 1951, sunk 1982 in the Falklands War
Brazil
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- Auxiliary cruisers (former merchant ships)
- Niterói (1893) - Ex El Cid, purchased 1893, sold to United States 1898 and renamed USS Buffalo
- Torpedo cruisers
- Protected cruisers
- Almirante Tamandaré (1890) - Retired 1915
- Tiradentes (1892) - Decommissioned 1919
- Republica (1892) - Retired 1921
- Almirante Barroso class
- Name unknown (1896) - Not acquired, purchased by Chile and renamed Ministro Zenteno, decommissioned 1930
- Almirante Barroso - Retired 1931
- Amazonas (1896) - Not acquired, purchased by United States and renamed USS New Orleans, decommissioned 1922
- Almirante Abreu (1899) - Not acquired, purchased by United States and renamed USS Albany, decommissioned 1922
- Scout cruisers
- Bahia class
- Bahia (1909) - Lost 1945
- Rio Grande do Sul (1910) - BU 1948
- Light cruisers
- Brooklyn class
- Almirante Barroso (1936, ex-USS Philadelphia) - Assigned 1951, retired 1973
- St. Louis class
- Almirante Tamandaré (1938, ex-USS St. Louis) - Assigned 1951, retired 1976
Canada
edit- Protected cruiser
- British Apollo class
- Rainbow (1891, ex-British Rainbow, transferred 1910) – Sold 1920
- British Diadem class
- Niobe (1897, ex-British Niobe, transferred 1910) – BU 1922
- Light cruisers
- British Arethusa class
- Aurora (1913, ex-British Aurora, transferred 1920) – Sold for scrap 1927
- British Fiji class
- Uganda (1941, ex-British Uganda, transferred 1944) – Renamed Quebec 1952, BU 1961
- British Minotaur class
- Ontario (1943, ex-British Minotaur, transferred 1944) – BU 1960
Chile
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- Unprotected cruiser
- Arturo Prat (1880) - Purchase canceled and sold to Japan in 1883, renamed Tsukushi, retired 1910
- Protected cruisers
- Esmeralda (1883) - Sold to Japan 1894, renamed Izumi, discarded 1912
- Presidente Errázuriz class
- Presidente Errázuriz (1890) - Discarded 1930
- Presidente Pinto (1890) - Shipwreck 1905
- Blanco Encalada (1893) - Retired 1940
- Ministro Zenteno (1896) - Retired 1930
- Chacabuco (1897) - Stricken 1959
- Armored cruisers
- Light cruisers
- Brooklyn class
- O'Higgins (1936, ex-USS Brooklyn) - Acquired 1951, retired 1991
- Capitán Prat (1937, ex-USS Nashville) - Acquired 1951, retired 1982
- Tre Kronor class
- Almirante Latorre (1945, ex-Swedish Göta Lejon) - Commissioned 1971, retired 1984
Haiti
edit- Protected cruiser
- Consul Gostrück (1894-ex Italian Umbria), assigned 1910, lost 1911.
Peru
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- Auxiliary cruisers (former merchant ships)
- Sócrates class (ex-Portuguese)
- Sócrates (1880) - Renamed Lima, assigned 1889, retired 1950
- Diógenes (1881) - Renamed Callao, not delivered, purchased by the United States in 1898 and renamed USS Topeka
- Scout cruisers
- Almirante Grau class
- Almirante Grau (1906) - retired 1958
- Coronel Bolognesi (1906) - retired 1958
- Armored cruiser
- Comandante Aguirre (ex-French Dupuy de Lôme) (1890) - purchased 1912, purchase canceled 1914
- Light cruisers
- Fiji class
- Capitán Quiñones (1941, ex-British HMS Newfoundland) - assigned 1959, retired 1979. Called Almirante Grau 1960-1973
- Coronel Bolognesi (1942, ex-British HMS Ceylon) - assigned 1960, retired 1982
- De Zeven Provinciën class
- Almirante Grau (1944, ex-Dutch HNLMS De Ruyter) - assigned 1973, retired 2017
- Aguirre (1950, ex-Dutch HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën) - assigned 1978, retired 1999
United States
editUruguay
edit- Protected cruiser
- Montevideo (1885, ex-Italian Dogali) - purchased 1908, decommissioned 1932
Venezuela
edit- Protected cruiser
- Mariscal Sucre (ex-Spanish Isla de Cuba) (1886) - purchased 1912, decommissioned 1940
Asia
editChina
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- Unprotected Cruisers
- Chaoyong class
- Kai Che (1882) - Explosion 1902
- Nan Thin class
- Nan Thin (1883)
- Nan Shuin (1884)
- Pao Min (1885)
- King Ch'ing class
- King Ch'ing (1886)
- Huan T'ai (1886) - Collision 1902
- Tung Chi (1894) - Sunk 1937
- Fu An (1897)
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- Protected Cruisers
- Jiyuan (1883) - Captured by Japan 1895, renamed Sai Yen, mined 1904
- Chih Yuan class
- Chih Yuen (1886) - Sunk 1894
- Ching Yuen (1886) - Sunk 1895
- Hai Chi class cruiser, 4,300 ton, Armstrong
- Hai Tien (1897) - Sunk 1904
- Hai Chi (1898) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river[1]
- Hai Yung class
- Chao Ho class
- Armoured Cruisers
- King Yuan class
- Lung Wei (1888) - Renamed Ping Yuen
- Light cruisers
- Ning Hai class
- Yat Sen (1934) - Sunk 1937. Re-floated by Japan and renamed Atada. Returned to the Republic of China 1946, decommissioned 1958
- British Arethusa class
- Chung King (1948) - ex-HMS Aurora of the Royal Navy, 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.
- Guided missile cruisers
- Type 055 class
India
edit- British Leander class
- Delhi (1932, ex-British HMNZS Achilles, purchased 1948) – Scrapped 1978
- British Crown Colony class
- Mysore (1939, ex-British HMS Nigeria, purchased 1957) – Scrapped 1985
Indonesia
edit- KRI Irian (purchased 1962), former Soviet Sverdlov-class cruiser Ordzhonikidze – Scrapped 1972
Japan
editPakistan
edit- Babur (purchased 1956), the former British Dido-class cruiser HMS Diadem, renamed Jahangir, c. 1961
Thailand/Siam
edit- Taksin class (1939, requisitioned by Italy 1941)
- Taksin (unfinished)
- Naresuan (unfinished)
Turkey/Ottoman Empire
edit- Battlecruisers
- Yavuz Sultan Selim (ex-German Goeben) (1912) -purchased 1914, BU 1974
- Unprotected cruisers
- Lütf-ü Hümayun (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)
Europe
editAustria-Hungary
editBelgium
edit- Protected cruiser
Croatia
edit- Light cruiser
- Zniam (ex-KB Dalmacija, ex-SMS Niobe)
Denmark
edit- Unprotected cruiser
- Fyen (1882)
- Protected cruisers
- Valkyrien (1888)
- Hekla (1890)
- Gejser class
- Gejser (1892)
- Heimdal (1894)
France
editGermany
editGreece
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- Amalia (1861) - Renamed Hellas 1862, BU 1906
- Navarchos Miaoulis (1879) - Sold 1931
- Antinavarchos Kountouriotis (1914) - Purchased by Royal Navy while under construction
- Lambros Katsonis (1914) - Purchased by Royal Navy while under construction
- 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
Italy
editNetherlands
editNorway
edit- Protected cruisers
Poland
edit- Light cruisers
- Protected cruisers
Portugal
edit- Adamastor (1896) - Sold 1933
- São Gabriel class
- NRP São Gabriel (1898) - Disposed of 1924
- NRP 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
Romania
editRussia/USSR
editSpain
editSweden
edit- Armoured cruiser
- Fylgia (1905) - Sold for BU 1957
- Seaplane cruiser
- Light cruisers
- Tre Kronor class converted to anti-aircraft cruisers[2]
- Tre Kronor (1944)
- Göta Lejon (1945)
- Mine cruiser
- Älvsnabben (1943)
- Clas Fleming
- Torpedo cruisers
Ukraine
edit- Light cruisers
- Guided-missile cruisers
United Kingdom
editYugoslavia
editOceania
editAustralia
edit- Protected cruiser
- Encounter (1902) - Scuttled 1932
- Battlecruiser
- Australia (1911) - Scuttled 1924
- Light cruisers
- British Chatham class
- British Leander (Apollo) class
- Heavy cruisers
- British County class
- Australia (1927) - BU 1955
- Canberra (1927) - Sunk 1942
- Shropshire (1927) - BU 1955
New Zealand
edit- HMNZS Achilles - Formerly British Achilles
- HMNZS Leander - Formerly British Leander
- HMNZS Gambia - Formerly British Gambia
- HMNZS Black Prince - Formerly British Black Prince
- HMNZS Bellona - Formerly British Bellona
- HMNZS Royalist - Formerly British Royalist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Flag, Pearl & Peace". Time magazine. July 17, 1933. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ^ a b Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96