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light cruiser

noun

  1. a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-centimeter) guns as its main armament.


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Next day we were joined by the battle cruiser Australia and the light cruiser Melbourne.

The airship was "L 7," which had been under fire, and had received damage from our light-cruiser forces.

Our own light cruiser Falmouth had to receive four torpedoes in succession before she sank.

Other German warships caught by the war in more distant waters included the light cruiser Emden, on the China station.

About seven in the morning the light cruiser Aurora sighted the German squadron off the Dogger.

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