armoured cruiser

collocation in English

meaningsofarmouredandcruiser

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armoured
adjective
uk
/ˈɑː.məd/us
/ˈɑːr.mɚd/
protected by a strong covering, or using military vehicles protected by ...
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cruiser
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkruː.zər/us
/ˈkruː.zɚ/
a large fast ship used ...
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(Definition ofarmouredandcruiserfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We found that the heavyarmouredcruiserwas not requisite for guarding our overseas routes.
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On the whole, we probably did much better with the smallerarmouredcruiserwith much less roomy accommodation for the troops.
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In the same way, no one can say in these days when a largearmouredcruiserbecomes a battleship.
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In 1908–9 our programme was onearmouredcruiser, five protected cruisers, and 16 destroyers.
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In 1905–6 a fourtharmouredcruiserwas again not gone on with.
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In the class ofarmouredcruiserwe have seven ships of recent date, of battleship dimensions, 15,000 to 14,000 tons, heavily armoured and armed, with a speed of 23 knots.
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Light cruiser describes a small ship that was armoured in the same way as anarmouredcruiser.
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The destroyer spotted thearmouredcruiserand her escorts at about 07:00, but could not transmit the message until 07:25.
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Thearmouredcruiserand the light cruiser had one or both of their engines under repair.
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She is considered by some to be the world's firstarmouredcruiserand was intended to attack enemy merchant ships.
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Previous large cruisers had been of thearmouredcruiseror protected cruiser type.
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The first vessel was a 7,069-tonarmouredcruisercompleted in 1899.
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The strength of a navy in the 1890s was measured in battleships and armoured cruisers.
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They were not intended to serve as a junior battleship, as thearmouredcruiserhad been, and were not built or designed to serve in that capacity.
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The difference between these ships and ones that would follow with the heavy cruiser were almost as pronounced as that between thearmouredcruiserand the battlecruiser.
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He visualised a new breed of warship, somewhere between thearmouredcruiserand battleship; it would have the armament of the latter, but the high speed of the former.
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This article is a detailed, knowledgeable comparison of the two fleets, but it included two armoured cruisers that in fact had not yet been fully completed, a common error.
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I have not touched battle cruisers or armoured cruisers or any other class at all.
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If not, we always have our preponderance in armoured cruisers to fall back on.
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We have built and projected nine protected cruisers, four armoured cruisers, 43 torpedo boat destroyers, and 24 torpedo boats.
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