On 27 March, Vice-Admiral Pridham-Wippell — with the cruisers Ajax, Gloucester, Orion and Perth and a number of destroyers — sailed from Greek waters for a position south of Crete.

The convoy's escort consisted of three groups ; eight destroyers and four torpedo boats directly protecting the cargo ships, a second group sailed 35 miles to the east consisting of six heavy cruisers and another four destroyers.

In February 1941, prior to the fall of Massawa, the colonial ship Eritrea and the auxiliary cruisers Ramb I and Ramb II broke out and sailed to Kobe, Japan.

On 17 December 1939, with the British and Commonwealth cruisers,, and waiting in international waters outside the mouth of the Río de la Plata, the Graf Spee sailed just outside the harbour and was scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff to avoid risking the lives of his crew in what he expected to be a losing battle.

On 3 April, four cruisers —,,, and — sailed to Rosyth to embark units of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, troops that would be transported to Norway as part of the Plan R4 if deemed necessary.

Many people have sailed pocket cruisers long distances across open ocean, including a number of Atlantic crossings.

On the same day, forces of the Spanish Republican Navy, led by Admiral Luis González de Ubieta and consisting of two light cruisers ( the new Libertad and the older Méndez Núñez ) and five destroyers, sailed from Cartagena.

* 2 June: After the Italians had left the Axis, the Italian destroyer Grecale sailed from Bastia in Corsica to La Spezia carrying three speedboats, and Italian frogmen including Luigi Durand de la Penne, and two British chariots, to attack the Italian cruisers Bolzano and Gorizia, which had been taken by the Germans after the Italian surrender.

Guided missile destroyers such as the Arleigh Burke class are actually larger and more heavily armed than most previous ships classified as guided missile cruisers, due to their massive size at long, displacement ( 9200 tons ) and armament of over 90 missiles.

Carrying 60 guns, these vessels were as big and capable as ' great ships ' of the time ; however, most other frigates at the time were used as ' cruisers ': independent fast ships.

The United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification of cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts brought U. S. Navy classifications into line with other nations ' classifications, and at least cosmetically.

Following the Royal Navy's revenge at the Battle of the Falkland Islands a month later, the only surviving German cruiser, SMS Dresden, was finally hunted down and cornered at Más a Tierra early in 1915, where she was scuttled after a brief battle with British cruisers.

Between 1910 and 1912 four Magdeburg class light cruisers were constructed of 4, 600 tons, at around 7. 4 million GM each.

The preserved musculature hints that some conodonts ( Promissum at least ) were efficient cruisers but incapable of bursts of speed.

St Mary's Church contains a memorial to the men of who lost their lives in HMS Monmouth, which was sunk with all hands on 1 November 1914, by German cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau off the Chilean Coast at the Battle of Coronel ; the church hosts an annual service in remembrance.

After the Z Plan was completed in the mid-1940s, Raeder's plans called for a " double pole strategy ", in which U-boats, Panzerschiffe and cruisers operating alone or in tandem would attack British commerce all over the globe, forcing the Royal Navy to divert ships all over the world to deal with these threats while at the same time two task forces of carriers, battleships, cruisers and destroyers would engage in frequent sorties into the North Sea, preferably from bases in Norway to destroy what remained of the British Home Fleet in a series of battles that would give Germany command of the sea.

Raeder's strategy which was a modified version of the " double pole " strategy he had devised before the war called for the Panzerschiffe, auxiliary cruisers and submarines to attack British merchantmen all over the world to force the Royal Navy to divert its strength while at the same time the main surface ships would make frequent raids into the North Sea to gradually reduce the Royal Navy's strength.

Star Wars creator George Lucas calls the cigar-shaped Separatist cruisers visible at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith " Star Destroyers " in the movie's DVD commentary track.

Three Russian protected cruisers, Aurora, Zhemchug, and Oleg escaped to the US Naval base at Manila in what was then American-controlled Philippines, where they were interned.

That night, as the transports unloaded, two groups of screening Allied cruisers and destroyers, under the command of British Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, were surprised and defeated by a Japanese force of seven cruisers and one destroyer from the 8th Fleet based at Rabaul and Kavieng and commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa.

An important customer of the Elswick yard was Japan, which took several cruisers, some of which defeated the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.

In his book Coot Club ( 1934 ) he describes the busy scene on the river at Wroxham Bridge with numerous boats – a wherry, punts, motor cruisers and sailing yachts – jostling for a mooring.

The bridge opening is so narrow that only small cruisers can pass through it, and then only at low water, usually with the help of resident pilot Greg Lochhead-there is a fee of £ 20-£ 10 each way for holiday craft in the summer.

There are canal locks at fairly regular intervals which will accommodate boats up to, with a draught of, although most of the boats on the upper river are canal-type narrowboats and river cruisers.

Seven years later during the Russo-Japanese War at the close of the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, three surviving Russian protected cruisers, the Aurora, Zhemchug, and Oleg, managed to make port in then-United States-controlled Manila for repairs.

Permanent core battle groups were to include a battle group commander, aircraft carrier, carrier air wing and at least two cruisers.

During the autumn and winter of 1914-1915, Russian destroyers and cruisers started a series of dangerous night operations, laying mines at the approaches to Kiel and Danzig.

Cumberland was a disarmed trials ship without her 8 " gun turrets at this time and was refitted with lattice masts, but she is very recognisable as the last of the three-funnelled heavy cruisers to remain in service.

On 26 December 1943 both Sheffield and Jamaica participated in the sinking of the battleship Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape ; Sheffield, with Belfast and Norfolk, opened the attack at 09. 00 ; as at the River Plate battle, three cruisers sought to attack a Battleship armed with 11 " guns.

Ironclads were designed for several roles, including as high seas battleships, coastal defence ships, and long-range cruisers.

Fischer's belief that battlecruisers would take the place of light cruisers to protect commercial shipping soon proved impractical, as their high construction cost precluded their availability in sufficient numbers to do so, and destroyers were too small for scouting duties.

The three heavy cruisers fired a total of 535 rounds of 203 mm ammunition: RM Trieste fired 132 AP ( Armour Piercing ); Trento fired 204 AP and 10 HE ( high explosive ), and Bolzano fired another 189 AP, until 8. 55 AM.

For many decades naval technology had not advanced far enough for designers to produce a cruiser which combined an armored belt with the long range and high speed required to fulfill its mission ; for this reason, many navies preferred to build protected cruisers in the 1880s and early 1890s.

Ironclads were designed for several roles, including as high seas battleships, coastal defense ships, and long-range cruisers.

Some scholars even suggest the migration is the result of high priests looking for refugee from The Arabs, Turks Religious cruisers, fearing prosecutions, extension and murder.

Ironically, given the emphasis on high mobility, most cruisers were plagued by mechanical unreliability, most noticeably the Crusader tank in the hot and gritty desert of the North Africa Campaign.

The Russians were in a far worse condition than the Japanese, but Admiral Kamimura then made another inexplicable decision: after pursuit of only three hours, while still on the high seas, and with long daylight steaming hours between the IRN cruisers and Vladivostok, at 11: 15 hours the IJN ceased the chase, and turned back towards Busan.

Von Spee ordered full speed so that Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig were approaching the British at, with the slower light cruisers Dresden and Nürnberg some way behind.

Shannon's top speed of 12. 25 knots and Nelson's of 14 knots made them too slow to deal with fast cruisers and they were not armored well enough to take on a first-class battleship.

* Kej – An race of insect-like robots, the Kej receive speed bonuses for all of their cruisers.

Probably the most popular means of transport are boats ( speed and slow boats, freighters, luxury cruisers for tourists and others ) running down the Mekong to Pakbeng, Luang Prabang and other destinations.

Cole's four destroyers fired star shells to illuminate the targets as previously directed then increased speed to clear the area for the cruisers to operate.

Wright's cruisers maintained the same course and speed as the 44 Japanese torpedoes headed in their direction.

The destroyers increased speed to engage the Japanese force while the cruisers turned to deploy their main batteries, but the Imperial destroyers had already launched torpedoes and turned away.

Arriving as the action was well underway but ahead of the main fleet by advantage of their greater speed, Hood's force's first action was to rescue the light cruiser HMS Chester, which had been separated from the main fleet to provide a signal relay but was then ambushed by four German cruisers and was in danger of sinking.

In the 19th century, navies frequently chartered civilian ocean liners, and from the start of the 20th century painted them gray and armed them ; their speed, originally intended to minimize travel time, would prove valuable for outrunning submarines and enemy surface cruisers.

In the course of the war, technological improvements enabled heavier tanks to approximate the speed of the cruisers and the concept became obsolete.

Despite their speed advantage, the Italian cruisers failed to outrun HMAS Sydney because the most obvious route of escape to the south was to be changed to south-southwest, in order to avoid being trapped between the enemy and the shores of Crete.

Originally, older light or scout cruisers were often used, but in the early 1900s, the rapidly increasing speed of new destroyer designs meant that such vessels could no longer keep pace with their charges.

Pocket cruisers are, in general, not fast boats ; the short waterline and wide beam required to provide the basic accommodations generally limit their speed.

In Homeworld, there are five classes of combat ships, in the order of size, armor, speed and maneuverability: Fighter, corvette, frigate, destroyers and heavy cruisers.