Minotaur class cruiser
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Two classes
of cruiser
s of the Royal Navy
are known as the Minotaur class:
Ship class
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of cruiser
Cruiser
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s of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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are known as the Minotaur class:
- The Minotaur classMinotaur class cruiser (1906)The Minotaur class was a three-ship class of armoured cruiser built around 1906 for the Royal Navy. They served during World War I, with all three being present at the Battle of Jutland, where HMS Defence was sunk. The surviving ships were scrapped postwar.-History:The Minotaur class was the last...
of armoured cruisers launched in 1906–1907. - The Minotaur classMinotaur class cruiser (1943)The Minotaur class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy, also known as the Swiftsure class, was designed as a modified version of the Crown Colony class incorporating war modifications and authorised in 1941, but, in spite of the heavy toll of cruisers in that year and the following one, the...
of light cruiserLight cruiserA light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
s launched in 1943–1945.