List of cruisers

{{Short description|none}} 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. {{inc-transport|date=August 2008}} {{TOC right}}

==Africa==

===South Africa===

; Protected cruiser

* SATS ''General Botha'' (1885, ex-HMS ''Thames'') - Assigned 1922, scuttled 1947. ==Americas==

===Argentina=== 300px|thumb|Armored cruiser ''Garibaldi''. ; Torpedo cruiser * {{ship|ARA|Patria||2}} (1893) - Decommissioned 1927 ; Protected cruisers * {{ship|ARA|Patagonia|1885|2}} (1886) - Decommissioned 1927 * ''Necochea'' (1890) - Renamed ''Veinticinco de Mayo'', decommissioned 1921 * {{ship|ARA|Nueve de Julio|1892|2}} (1892) - Discarded 1930 * {{ship|ARA|Buenos Aires|1895|2}} (1895) - Retired 1932 ; Armored cruisers * '''{{sclass|Giuseppe Garibaldi|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|ARA|Garibaldi||2}} (1895) - Retired 1934 ** {{ship|ARA|San Martín||2}} (1896) - Retired 1935 ** {{ship|ARA|General Belgrano|1896|2}} (1897) - Retired 1947 ** {{ship|ARA|Pueyrredón||2}} (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 * '''{{sclass|Veinticinco de Mayo|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|ARA|Veinticinco de Mayo|C-2|2}} (1929) - Scrapped 1960 ** {{ship|ARA|Almirante Brown|C-1|2}} (1929) - Scrapped 1962 ; Light cruisers * {{ship|ARA|La Argentina|C-3|2}} (1937) - Retired 1972 * '''{{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|ARA|Nueve de Julio|C-5|2}} (1936, ex-USS ''Boise'') - Assigned 1951, retired 1977 ** {{ship|ARA|General Belgrano||2}} (1938, ex-USS ''Phoenix'') - Assigned 1951, sunk 1982 in the Falklands War

===Brazil=== 300px|thumb|Light cruiser ''Rio Grande do Sul''. ; Auxiliary cruisers (former merchant ships) * ''Niterói'' (1893) - Ex ''El Cid'', purchased 1893, sold to United States 1898 and renamed USS ''Buffalo'' ; Torpedo cruisers * ''Tymbira'' (1896) - ? * ''Tamoio'' (1896) - ? * ''Tupi'' (1896) - Retired 1915 ; Protected cruisers * {{ship|Brazilian cruiser|Almirante Tamandaré|1890|2}} (1890) - Retired 1915 * ''Tiradentes'' (1892) - Decommissioned 1919 * ''Republica'' (1892) - Retired 1921 * '''{{sclass|Almirante Barroso|cruiser|4}}''' ** Name unknown (1896) - Not acquired, purchased by Chile and renamed ''Ministro Zenteno'', decommissioned 1930 ** {{ship|Brazilian cruiser|Almirante Barroso|1896|2}} - 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 * '''{{sclass|Bahia|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|Brazilian cruiser|Bahia||2}} (1909) - Lost 1945 ** {{ship|Brazilian cruiser|Rio Grande do Sul||2}} (1910) - BU 1948 ; Light cruisers * '''{{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser|4}}''' ** ''Almirante Barroso'' (1936, ex-USS ''Philadelphia'') - Assigned 1951, retired 1973 * '''{{sclass|St. Louis|cruiser (1938)|4}}''' ** ''Almirante Tamandaré'' (1938, ex-USS ''St. Louis'') - Assigned 1951, retired 1976

===Canada=== ;Protected cruiser * British '''{{sclass|Apollo|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{HMCS|Rainbow|1891|2}} (1891, ex-British ''Rainbow'', transferred 1910) – Sold 1920 * British '''{{sclass|Diadem|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{HMCS|Niobe||2}} (1897, ex-British ''Niobe'', transferred 1910) – BU 1922 ;Light cruisers * British '''{{sclass|Arethusa|cruiser (1913)|4}}''' ** {{HMCS|Aurora||2}} (1913, ex-British ''Aurora'', transferred 1920) – Sold for scrap 1927 * British '''{{sclass|Fiji|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{HMS|Uganda|66|2}} (1941, ex-British ''Uganda'', transferred 1944) – Renamed ''Quebec'' 1952, BU 1961 * British '''{{sclass|Minotaur|cruiser (1943)|4}}''' ** {{HMCS|Ontario|C53|2}} (1943, ex-British ''Minotaur'', transferred 1944) – BU 1960

===Chile=== 300px|thumb|Armored cruiser ''O'Higgins''. ; Unprotected cruiser * ''Arturo Prat'' (1880) - Purchase canceled and sold to Japan in 1883, renamed {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsukushi||2}}, retired 1910 ; Protected cruisers * {{ship|Chilean cruiser|Esmeralda|1883|2}} (1883) - Sold to Japan 1894, renamed {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Izumi||2}}, discarded 1912 * '''{{sclass|Presidente Errázuriz|cruiser|4}}''' ** ''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 * ''Esmeralda'' (1895) - Retired 1930 * ''O'Higgins'' (1896) - Retired 1933 ; Light cruisers * '''{{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser|4}}''' ** ''O{{'}}Higgins'' (1936, ex-USS ''Brooklyn'')  - Acquired 1951, retired 1991 ** ''Capitán Prat'' (1937, ex-USS ''Nashville'')  - Acquired 1951, retired 1982 * '''{{sclass|Tre Kronor|cruiser|4}}''' ** ''Almirante Latorre'' (1945, ex-Swedish ''Göta Lejon'')  - Commissioned 1971, retired 1984

===Haiti=== ; Protected cruiser

* ''Consul Gostrück'' (1894-ex Italian ''Umbria''), assigned 1910, lost 1911.

===Peru=== 300px|thumb|Light cruiser ''Almirante Grau'' (1973). ;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 * '''{{sclass|Almirante Grau|cruiser|4}}''' ** ''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 * '''{{sclass|Fiji|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|BAP|Capitán Quiñones|CL-83|2}} (1941, ex-British {{HMS|Newfoundland|C59|6}}) - assigned 1959, retired 1979. Called ''Almirante Grau'' 1960-1973 ** {{ship|BAP|Coronel Bolognesi|CL-82|2}} (1942, ex-British {{HMS|Ceylon|C30|6}}) - assigned 1960, retired 1982 * '''{{sclass|De Zeven Provinciën|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|BAP|Almirante Grau|CLM-81|2}} (1944, ex-Dutch {{HNLMS|De Ruyter|C801|6}}) - assigned 1973, retired 2017 ** {{ship|BAP|Aguirre|CH-84|2}} (1950, ex-Dutch {{HNLMS|De Zeven Provinciën|C802|6}}) - assigned 1978, retired 1999

===United States=== {{Main|List of cruisers of the United States Navy}}

===Uruguay=== ;Protected cruiser * ''Montevideo'' (1885, ex-Italian ''Dogali'') - purchased 1908, decommissioned 1932

===Venezuela=== ;Protected cruiser * ''Mariscal Sucre'' (ex-Spanish ''Isla de Cuba'') (1886) - purchased 1912, decommissioned 1940

==Asia==

===China=== [[File:Chaoyong cruiser 01.jpg|300px|thumb|{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Chaoyong||2}} docked at Weihaiwei]] ; Unprotected Cruisers * '''''Chaoyong'' class''' ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Chaoyong||2}} (1880) - Sunk 1894 ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Yangwei||2}} (1881) - Sunk 1894 * ''Kai Che'' (1882) - Explosion 1902 * '''''Nan Thin'' class''' ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Nan Thin||2}} (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)

[[File:HaiChi 2162931587 c96191a231 o.jpg|thumb|{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Hai Chi||2}} on 11 September 1911 in New York City]] thumb|''Hai Chi'' on 11 September 1911 in New York City ; Protected Cruisers * {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Jiyuan||2}} (1883) - Captured by Japan 1895, renamed ''Sai Yen'', mined 1904 * '''''Zhiyuan'' class cruiser''', 2,680 ton, Armstrong ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Chih Yuen||2}} (1886) - Sunk 1894 ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Ching Yuen||2}} (1886) - Sunk 1895 * '''''Hai Chi'' class cruiser''', 4,300 ton, Armstrong ** ''{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Hai Tien||2}}'' (1897) - Sunk 1904 ** ''{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Hai Chi||2}}'' (1898) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river<ref name=time/> * '''''Hai Yung'' class cruiser''', 2,680 ton, AG Vulcan ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Hai Yung||2}} (1897) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river ** ''Hai Chou'' (1897) - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Hai Shen||2}} (1898) "Pearl of the Sea" - Sunk 1937 as blockship in Yangtze river <ref name=time>{{cite news |title=Flag, Pearl & Peace |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753799,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122135402/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753799,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2010 |work=Time magazine |date=July 17, 1933 |accessdate=2010-12-18 }}</ref> * '''{{sclass|Chao Ho|cruiser|4}}''' ** ''{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Chao Ho||2}}'' (1912) - Sunk 1937. ** ''{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Ying Rui||2}}'' (1913) - Sunk 1937.

; Armoured Cruisers * '''''King Yuan'' class''' ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|King Yuen||2}} (1887) - Sunk 1894 ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Laiyuan||2}} (1887) - Sunk 1895 * ''Lung Wei'' (1888) - Renamed ''Ping Yuen''

; Light cruisers * '''{{sclass|Ning Hai|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Ning Hai||2}} (1931) - Sunk 1937. Re-floated by Japan and renamed ''Ioshima''. Sunk by {{USS|Shad|SS-235|6}}. ** {{ship|Chinese cruiser|Ping Hai||2}} (1931) - Sunk 1937. Re-floated by Japan and renamed ''Yasoshima''. Sunk by US aircraft attack. * ''{{ship|Chinese cruiser|Yat Sen||2}}'' (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|12|6}} 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=== * '''British {{sclass|Leander|cruiser (1931)|4}}''' ** {{ship|INS|Delhi|1948|2}} (1932, ex-British {{ship|HMNZS|Achilles|70|6}}, purchased 1948) – Scrapped 1978 * '''British {{sclass2|Crown Colony|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|INS|Mysore|1957|2}} (1939, ex-British {{HMS|Nigeria|60|6}}, purchased 1957) – Scrapped 1985

===Indonesia=== * KRI {{ship|Indonesian cruiser|Irian||2}} (purchased 1962), former Soviet {{sclass|Sverdlov|cruiser|2}} ''Ordzhonikidze'' – Scrapped 1972

===Japan=== {{main|List of cruisers of Japan}}

===Pakistan=== * {{ship|PNS|Babur|1956|2}} (purchased 1956), the former British {{sclass|Dido|cruiser|2}} {{HMS|Diadem|84|6}}, renamed ''Jahangir'', c. 1961

===Thailand/Siam=== * '''''Taksin'' class''' (1939, requisitioned by Italy 1941) ** ''Taksin'' (unfinished) ** ''Naresuan'' (unfinished)

===Turkey/Ottoman Empire=== ;Battlecruisers * ''Yavuz Sultan Selim'' (ex-German ''Goeben'') (1912) -purchased 1914, BU 1974 ;Unprotected cruisers * {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Lütf-ü Hümayun||2}} (1892) - BU 1911 * {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Heibetnuma||2}} (1892) - BU 1911 * '''{{sclass|Feyzâ-i Bahri|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Feyzâ-i Bahri||2}} (unfinished) ** {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Şadiye||2}} (unfinished) * '''{{sclass|Hüdâvendigâr|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Hüdâvendigâr||2}} (unfinished) ** {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Selimiye||2}} (unfinished) ;Protected cruisers * {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Hamidiye||2}} (Abdul Hamid) (1903) - BU 1947 * {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Mecidiye||2}} (1903) - captured by Russian 1915, restored 1918, BU 1948 ;Light cruisers * ''Midilli'' (ex-German ''Breslau'' ) (1912) - purchased 1914, mined 1918 ;Torpedo cruisers * '''{{sclass|Peyk-i Şevket|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Peyk-i Şevket||2}} (1906) ** {{ship|Ottoman cruiser|Berk-i Satvet||2}} (1906)

==Europe==

===Austria-Hungary=== {{main|List of cruisers of Austria-Hungary}}

===Belgium=== ; Protected cruiser * ''D'Entrecasteaux''

===Croatia===

; Light cruiser * ''Zniam'' (ex-KB ''Dalmacija'', ex-SMS ''Niobe'')

===Denmark=== ; Unprotected cruiser * ''Fyen'' (1882) ; Protected cruisers * Valkyrien (1888) * ''Hekla'' (1890) * '''''Gejser'' class''' ** ''Gejser'' (1892) ** ''Heimdal'' (1894)

===France=== {{main|List of cruisers of France}}

===Germany=== * List of battlecruisers of Germany * List of cruisers of Germany

===Greece=== 300px|thumb|right|{{ship|Greek cruiser|Navarchos Miaoulis||2}} * ''Amalia'' (1861) - Renamed ''Hellas'' 1862, BU 1906 * {{ship|Greek cruiser|Navarchos Miaoulis||2}} (1879) - Sold 1931 * ''Antinavarchos Kountouriotis'' (1914) - Purchased by Royal Navy while under construction * ''Lambros Katsonis'' (1914) - Purchased by Royal Navy while under construction * {{ship|Greek cruiser|Elli|1912|2}} (1912, purchased 1914) - Torpedoed by Italian submarine 1940 * {{ship|Greek cruiser|Giorgios Averof||2}} (1910) - Italian ''Pisa'' class, preserved at Faliro as museum * {{ship|Greek cruiser|Elli|1935|2}} II (1935, ex-Italian ''Eugenio di Savoia'', obtained in 1951 as war reparations) - Stricken 1964

===Italy=== {{main|List of Italian cruisers}}

===Netherlands=== {{main|List of cruisers of the Netherlands}}

===Norway=== ;Protected cruisers * Viking (1891) * Frithjof (1896)

===Poland=== ;Light cruisers * ''Danae''-class ** {{ship|ORP|Dragon||2}} ** {{ship|ORP|Conrad||2}}

;Protected cruisers * ORP ''Bałtyk''

===Portugal=== * {{ship|NRP|Adamastor||2}} (1896) - Sold 1933 * '''''São Gabriel'' class''' ** {{ship|NRP|São Gabriel}} (1898) - Disposed of 1924 ** {{ship|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 * '''''Carvalho Araújo'' class''' - sloops re-rated as cruisers ** ''Carvalho Araújo'' (1921) - Disposed of 1959 ** ''República II'' (1921) - Disposed of 1943

===Romania=== {{main|List of cruisers of Romania}}

===Russia/USSR=== {{main|List of cruisers of the Russian Navy}}

===Spain=== {{main|List of Spanish cruisers}}

===Sweden=== ;Armoured cruiser * {{HSwMS|Fylgia||2}} (1905) - Sold for BU 1957 ;Seaplane cruiser * {{HSwMS|Gotland|1933|2}} (1933) - converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser<ref name="Friedman p.96">Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' January 1965 p.96</ref> - BU 1963 ;Light cruisers * '''{{sclass|Tre Kronor|cruiser|4}}''' converted to anti-aircraft cruisers<ref name="Friedman p.96"/> ** {{HSwMS|Tre Kronor||2}} (1944) ** {{HSwMS|Göta Lejon||2}} (1945) ;Mine cruiser * {{HSwMS|Älvsnabben|M01|2}} (1943) * {{HSwMS|Clas Fleming||2}} ;Torpedo cruisers * {{HSwMS|Claes Horn||2}} * {{HSwMS|Claes Uggla||2}} * {{HSwMS|Jacob Bagge||2}} * {{HSwMS|Psilander|1899|2}} * {{HSwMS|Örnen||2}}

=== Ukraine ===

* ''Ukraina''

===United Kingdom=== * List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy * List of cruisers of the Royal Navy

===Yugoslavia=== * {{ship|Yugoslav cruiser|Dalmacija||2}} (the former German {{SMS|Niobe}})

==Oceania==

===Australia=== ;Protected cruiser * {{HMS|Encounter|1902|2}} (1902) - Scuttled 1932 ;Battlecruiser * {{HMAS|Australia|1911|2}} (1911) - Scuttled 1924 ;Light cruisers * British '''''Chatham'' class''' ** {{HMAS|Sydney|1912|2}} (1912) - BU 1929 ** {{HMAS|Melbourne|1912|2}} (1912) - BU 1929 ** {{HMAS|Brisbane|1915|2}} (1915) - Sold for BU 1936 ** {{HMAS|Adelaide|1918|2}} (1918) - BU 1949 * British '''''Leander'' (''Apollo'') class''' ** {{HMAS|Perth|D29|2}} (1934) - Sunk 1942 ** {{HMAS|Sydney|1934|2}} (1934) - Sunk 1941 ** {{HMAS|Hobart|1939|2}} (1934) - BU 1962 ;Heavy cruisers * British '''{{sclass2|County|cruiser|4}}''' ** {{HMAS|Australia|1927|2}} (1927) - BU 1955 ** {{HMAS|Canberra|1927|2}} (1927) - Sunk 1942 ** {{HMS|Shropshire|83|2}} (1927) - BU 1955

===New Zealand=== * 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''

==References== {{Reflist}}{{Cruisers}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cruisers}} Category:Cruisers Category:Lists of cruisers