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...armour of about half the length of the ship, leaving the sides at the ends unprotected with armour as in previous vessels. The lower portions of the ends were pro ...at the sides. For many years this remained the accepted type of Admiralty cruiser, culminating in 1894 (after White had become director of naval construction

...1893 and 1896. They were occasionally referred to as the '''''Crescent'' Class'''. {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 styl

...e evolution of the name, and the arguable phase shift to the later [[Large Cruiser]] type offer a story rich in nuance, varied in each telling, and couched in ...ose intended to act as look-out ships, observing that it is possible first-class or battle-cruisers may be attached to fleets to play the part assigned by L

In order to avoid exaggerating the importance of any class of war-ship and to truly exhibit the functions it is called upon to perform ...As an example, the ''Vernon'' frigate may be compared with the third-class cruiser ''Pearl'' of nearly the same displacement.

On 14 July, 1916, the Vice-Admiral Commanding the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]], Vice-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|Sir David B ...rd Battle Cruiser Squadron]] and [[First Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|1st Cruiser Squadron]], passed the whole length of the Battle Line under heavy fire, an

Three '''''Montgomery'' class unprotected cruisers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1894. {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin:

|hullno=Cruiser No. 9 ...'' was one of three [[Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)|''Montgomery'' Class unprotected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

|hullno=Cruiser No. 11{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 449}}<br>PG-20 (1920){{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. ...'' was one of three [[Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)|''Montgomery'' Class unprotected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

|hullno=Cruiser No. 10{{FriedmanUSCruisers|p. 449}} ...'' was one of three [[Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)|''Montgomery'' Class unprotected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].

...r" class is in the dockyard, instead, for instance, of one of the "Nassau" class with 11-in. guns. ...t cannot be presemed [sic] that the British Fleet would leave their shores unprotected and do the Germans the favour of operating in the Baltic, which would certa