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The cruiser programme, which consisted of the new Minotaur class and completion of the Tiger-class (third group of the previous Minotaur class), was suspended in 1947 due to lack of immediate threat, the austerity budget imposed by the Labour government as a consequence of Britain's war debts and to allow reconsideration of cruiser design.
Minotaur-class cruiser may refer to: Minotaur-class cruiser (1906), a class of Royal Navy armoured cruisers launched in 1906–1907; Minotaur-class cruiser (1943), a class of Royal Navy light cruisers launched in 1943–1945; Minotaur-class cruiser (1947), a projected class of Royal Navy cruisers, a design both finalised and cancelled in 1947
Thus, the first class cruisers built between the Orlando class (1886) and the Cressy class (1897) were, strictly speaking, protected cruisers as they lacked an armoured belt. The first class cruiser was succeeded by the battlecruiser in the Royal Navy. Shannon first class armoured cruiser, (1875) 5,670 tons, 2×10in, 7×9inch Shannon (1875 ...
The class was originally to have consisted of twelve ships, [1] six were laid down in 1941–1942 and the seventh unit, Hawke, in 1943.Four of the ordered cruisers were cancelled almost immediately, three in March 1942 being replaced by the first light fleet carrier order [a] and another, probably Mars, was cancelled in November 1942.
The Tiger class were a class of three British warships of the 20th century and the last all-gun cruisers of the Royal Navy.Construction of three Minotaur-class cruisers (under the names Blake, Defence and Bellerophon) began during World War II but, due to post-war austerity, the Korean War and focus on the Royal Air Force over the surface fleet, the hulls remained unfinished.
List Click on headers to sort columns. List of cruisers of World War I Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Achilles Royal Navy Warrior armored cruiser 13,550 22 April 1907 sold for scrap 9 May 1921 Adamastor Portuguese Navy unprotected cruiser 1,729 3 August 1897 decommissioned 16 October 1933, scrapped April 1934 Admiral Makarov Imperial Russian Navy Bayan ...
Light cruisers. British Arethusa class. Aurora (1913, ex-British Aurora, transferred 1920) – Sold for scrap 1927; British Fiji class. Uganda (1941, ex-British Uganda, transferred 1944) – Renamed Quebec 1952, BU 1961; British Minotaur class. Ontario (1943, ex-British Minotaur, transferred 1944) – BU 1960
The Minotaur class was a three-ship class of armoured cruisers built in the first decade of the twentieth century for the Royal Navy. These were the last class of armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy, with that role being substantially replaced by the first battlecruisers .