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armored cruisers: These are naval warships from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were equipped with both heavy armament and armor protection, offering a balance between speed and firepower for long-range missions
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Destroyers and armored cruisers at anchor.
They are generally considered as the first true armored cruisers.
All subsequent German armored cruisers were incremental developments of Prinz Heinrich.
Steel also affected the construction and role of armored cruisers.
In addition, three more battleships and four armored cruisers had been authorized, though not funded.
Steel also had an impact on the construction and role of armored cruisers.
The British support group comprised two armored cruisers and three destroyer divisions.
The program had originally called for the construction of four armored cruisers.
Armored cruisers were smaller, faster ships that carried a thinner armored belt and smaller guns.
They were succeeded by more seaworthy armored cruisers and battleships.
The obsolescent armored cruisers of the 1st Cruiser Squadron also joined in the melee.
The main guns benefited from their placement when compared to those of foreign armored cruisers.
There were two Kasuga-class armored cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
However, some other references list them as armored cruisers.
The armored cruisers in turn led to the first German battlecruiser, SMS Von der Tann.
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Because of their similarity, the lines between battleships and armored cruisers became blurred.
At 19:05, the British armored cruisers Defence and Warrior began firing on the crippled Wiesbaden.
Leipzig was the third ship in the German line, behind the two armored cruisers.
Pisa-class armored cruisers.
The preceding German large cruiser design, Blücher, was an incremental increase over previous armored cruisers.
The only major naval power to retain a preference for armored cruisers during the 1880s was Russia.
These battleships ' fast speed would make them suitable for opposing the new Argentine armored cruisers.
The IJN 2nd Fleet was a fast, mobile strike force with armored cruisers and protected cruisers.
When Yessen started his turn back to Vladivostock, he sighted the four Japanese armored cruisers.
Nisshin was the last of the 10 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruisers to be built.
There, they met the British Channel Fleet of eight battleships and four armored cruisers.
The bill authorized 28 ships, including three battleships and three armored cruisers.
As a consequence the " Six-Six Fleet " was born, with six battleships and six armored cruisers.
In 1910, there was still authorization for one battleship and four armored cruisers.
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