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List Of Cruisers
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 South Africa ; Protected cruiser * SATS ''General Botha'' (1885, ex-HMS ''Thames'') - Assigned 1922, scuttled 1947. Americas Argentina ; Torpedo cruiser * (1893) - Decommissioned 1927 ; Protected cruisers * (1886) - Decommissioned 1927 * ''Necochea'' (1890) - Renamed ''Veinticinco de Mayo'', decommissioned 1921 * (1892) - Discarded 1930 * (1895) - Retired 1932 ; Armored cruisers * ** (1895) - Retired 1934 ** (1896) - Retired 1935 ** (1897) - Retired 1947 ** (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 * ** (1929) - Scrapped 1960 ** (1929) - Scrapped 1962 ; Light cruis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several roles. The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hundred years, has changed its meaning over time. During the Age of Sail, the term ''cruising'' referred to certain kinds of missions—independent scouting, commerce protection, or raiding—fulfilled by frigates or sloops-of-war, which functioned as the ''cruising warships'' of a fleet. In the middle of the 19th century, ''cruiser'' came to be a classification of the ships intended for cruising distant waters, for commerce raiding, and for scouting for the battle fleet. Cruisers came in a wide variety of sizes, from the medium-sized protected cruiser to large armored cruisers that were nearly as big (although not as powerful or as well-armored) as a pre-dreadnought battleship. With the advent of the dreadnought battleship before World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Cruiser Tymbira
''Tymbira'' was a torpedo cruiser operated by the Brazilian Navy, belonging to the along with ''Tamoio'' and ''Tupi''. During the First World War it patrolled the Brazilian coast. It was dismissed from service on 30 November 1917. Construction and design ''Tymbira'' was built by the Stettin shipyard, in Kiel, Germany, and was launched on 1 April 1896. Its name is a tribute to the Timbiras, a Brazilian indigenous people who inhabited the current territory of the state of Maranhão. It was the first ''Tupi'' class torpedo cruiser commissioned in the Brazilian navy. The incorporation took place on 26 January 1896. The ship was built with a maximum displacement of 1,190 tons, 79.35 m in length, 9.40 m in beam, 5 m in depth and 2.97 m in draft. Its propulsion system consisted of two steam engines that generated 7,693 hp of power and propelled the vessel up to 22.5 knots. It was armed with two 101mm Armstrong guns, six 57mm Nordenfelt guns, two 37mm Maxim guns, two 7mm Maxim machin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Cruiser O'Higgins (1897)
''OHiggins'' was a Chilean armoured cruiser. ''OHiggins'' was built by the British shipbuilder Armstrong to the design of Philip Watts, and served with the Chilean Navy between 1898 and 1933. Construction In April 1896, the Chilean government ordered an armoured cruiser, to be called ''OHiggins'', from Armstrong, Whitworth & Co to the design of Sir Philip Watts at a cost of £700,000. The ship was laid down at Armstrong's Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne shipyard on 4 April 1896, launched on 17 May 1897 and completed on 2 April 1898."Crucero acorazado "O´Higgins" 3°" ''Armarda de Chile''. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2016. Design [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Cruiser Esmeralda (1895)
''Esmeralda'' was developed as a custom design by naval architect Philip Watts (naval architect), Philip Watts for the Chilean Navy during the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. Background and design This ''Esmeralda'' was purchased in part with US$1,500,000 in funds garnered from the sale of an earlier Chilean cruiser Esmeralda (1883), protected cruiser of the same name to Japan via Ecuador. The new ship was defined by historian Adrian J. English as "the first armored cruiser to be built for any navy," and the contemporary ''Naval Annual'' called it "one of the most powerful cruisers in the world." Another historian, Peter Brook, believes that the newer ''Esmeralda'' should be classified as a lesser "belted" cruiser due to design faults present after its conversion from a protected cruiser while under construction.Peter Brook, ''Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships, 1867–1927'' (Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society, 1999), 101–02. Service On 18 December 1907, the shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Cruiser Chacabuco (1898)
The Chilean cruiser ''Chacabuco'' was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. Built at the end of the 19th Century, the ''Chacabuco'' had a remarkably long and varied career spanning nearly half a century. History The ''Chacabuco'' was built as a private venture by Armstrong Whitworth to a typical Elswick cruiser design, and was launched on 4 July 1898, under the provisional name of ''Fourth of July''; she was acquired by Chile in 1902, just before the end of the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. The Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser ''Takasago'' was the sister ship of the ''Chacabuco''. During her lengthy career the ''Chacabuco'' performed numerous tasks: apart from routine patrol and hydrographic duties, she was notable for her role in maintaining order in the aftermath of the 1906 Valparaíso earthquake; her involvement in the Santa María School massacre in 1907; her visit to Britain for the fleet review to mark the coronation of King George V in 1911; and her relief effort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Cruiser Blanco Encalada (1893)
The protected cruiser ''Blanco Encalada'' was purchased by the Chilean Government for £333,500 during the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. She was the second ship named ''Blanco Encalada''. (The previous ship was the armored frigate '' Blanco Encalada'' sunk in the 1891 Chilean Civil War). In December 1906 she was involved in the repression of the workers movement in the Saltpeter mines, railroads and harbour in Antofagasta.Luis Vitale, ''Intervenciones militares y poder fáctico en la política chilena, de 1830 al 2.000'', Santiago, 2000 On 17 December 1907 she brought troops from Arica to Iquique to repress thousands of miners from different nitrate mines in Chile's north to appeal for government intervention to improve their living and working conditions. These troops committed the Santa María School massacre. See also * South American dreadnought race A naval arms race among Argentina, Brazil and Chile—the wealthiest and most powerful countries in South Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Cruiser Presidente Pinto (1890)
''Presidente Pinto'' was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. She was built, like her sister ship, the protected cruiser , in France supervised by Juan José Latorre. The ships were ordered in 1887 by President José Manuel Balmaceda before the beginning of the 1891 Chilean Civil War. During the war, the two cruisers lay incomplete in French dockyards alongside the pre-dreadnought battleship . If these had been secured by the Balmacedists the naval supremacy of the congress would have been seriously challenged. The congressional forces formally requested that the ships be detained. None of the three ships were involved in the Civil War. ''Presidente Pinto'' was launched and sailed to Chile on 5 August 1891, before having been completed. Her artillery was supplied from an English merchant in the North Sea while transiting to Chile. Her voyage to Chile saw some trouble, forced to return to Le Havre in order to pick up crew and insubordination of the crew. She arrived to Valpar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Cruiser Presidente Errázuriz (1891)
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USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
USS ''Philadelphia'' (CL-41) was a of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship named for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, she was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy as ''Almirante Barroso''. ''Philadelphia'' was laid down on 28 May 1935 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 17 November 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Huberta F. Earle (née Potter), first lady of Pennsylvania and wife of Governor George H. Earle III, ; and commissioned at Philadelphia on 23 September 1937, Captain Jules James in command. United States Navy Inter-war period After fitting out, the cruiser departed Philadelphia on 3 January 1938 for shakedown in the West Indies followed by additional alterations at Philadelphia and further sea trials off the Maine coast. ''Philadelphia'' called at Charleston, South Carolina, on 30 April and hosted President Franklin Delano Roosevelt the first week of May for a cruise in Caribbean waters. The President debarked at Charleston on 8 May, and ''Philadelp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Albany (CL-23)
The third USS ''Albany'' (later PG-36 and CL-23) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the ''New Orleans'' class. She saw service in the Philippine–American War and World War I. Construction and acquisition ''Albany'' was originally laid down at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, by Armstrong Whitworth on 8 December 1897 for the Brazilian Navy as ''Almirante Abreu'', but was purchased while still on the ways by the United States Navy on 16 March 1898 to prevent her from being acquired by the Spanish Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was renamed ''Albany'' and launched in February 1899, sponsored by Mrs. John C. Colwell, the wife of the American naval attaché in London. She was commissioned in the River Tyne, England, on 29 May 1900. Cost $1,207,644.13 (hull and machinery). Service history Philippine Squadron On 26 June 1900, ''Albany'' put to sea bound for service in the Philippines with the Philippine–American War. Steaming via Gibraltar, the Mediterranean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
