large light cruiser

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English

Etymology

From Admiral John Fisher's use of subterfuge to evade a Royal Navy moratorium on the construction of new capital ships by declaring ships of this type to be large versions of light cruisers.

Noun

A diagram of the Courageous-class large light cruisers.

large light cruiser (plural large light cruisers)

  1. (military, nautical, historical) A very large, fast warship with a relatively-shallow draft and minimal belt armor, carrying a relatively-small number of very heavy guns; sometimes classed as a type of battlecruiser.