List of Cruiser Classes of The Royal Navy - Heavy Cruisers

Heavy Cruisers

The heavy cruiser was defined in the London Naval Treaty of 1930 as a cruiser with a main gun calibre not exceeding 8 inches. The earlier Hawkins class were therefore retrospectively classified as such, although they had been initially built as "improved light cruisers".

  • Cavendish or Hawkins class 9,860 tons, seven 7.5-inch guns
    • Cavendish (1918) - completed as carrier Vindictive, to cruiser 1925, to training ship 1937
    • Hawkins (1919) - scrapped 1947
    • Raleigh (1920) - wrecked 1922
    • Frobisher (1924) - scrapped 1949
    • Effingham (1925) - wrecked 1940
  • County class, eight 8-inch guns
    • Kent group 10,570 tons
      • Cumberland (57) (1928) - scrapped 1959
      • Berwick (65) (1928) - scrapped 1948
      • Cornwall (56) (1928) - bombed 1942
      • Suffolk (55) (1928) - scrapped 1948
      • Kent (54) (1928) - scrapped 1948
      • Australia (1928) - Royal Australian Navy, scrapped 1955
      • Canberra (1928) - Royal Australian Navy, torpedoed 1942
    • London group 9,830 tons
      • London (69) (1929) - scrapped 1950
      • Devonshire (39) (1929) - scrapped 1954
      • Shropshire (73) (1929) - to Royal Australian Navy 1943, scrapped 1955
      • Sussex (96) (1929) - scrapped 1950
    • Norfolk group 10,300 tons
      • Norfolk (78) (1930) - scrapped 1950
      • Dorsetshire (40) (1930) - sunk by dive bombers in Far East 1942
  • York class modified County design 8,250 tons, six 8-inch guns
    • York (90) (1930) - damaged by explosive motor boats, salvage abandoned and wrecked 1941, scrapped 1952
    • Exeter (68) (1931) - sunk 1942, Far East

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